Did you recently receive a penalty notice for your payroll tax deposit even though you remitted the correct amount? You’re not alone. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that a “small population of employers” may have received notice that they were being assessed a failure to deposit penalty – even though the penalty doesn’t…
All professionals will stumble upon the struggle of balancing costs with deductibility. When is the proper time to spend money on your company or product? Will the money spent be beneficial with the return? Branding your company, service, or product is key for obtaining a successful business platform. Sometimes, this process can be costly, but…
It’s been a long and stressful tax season. Mix long hours together with Covid and there’s real worry about mental health for tax professionals, as well as taxpayers. More often than not, one of the barriers to seeking help is stigma: it is difficult for any professional to admit that they are suffering. So let’s…
If you have an uncashed tax check at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), you’re not alone. Scores of taxpayers and tax professionals have been reaching out about uncashed checks. Making matters worse, the IRS has been sending out underpayment or failure-to-pay notices for those payments. First, you should know that this is clearly a systemic…
For many years, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has grown to help serve our community and taxpayers. Today, the Criminal Investigation Agency, also known as CI, has been working hard to better our community by tackling tax fraud and other financial crimes. The hard work and efforts of this agency are sometimes overlooked or unknown. This week, Kelly…
We all know that under the Constitution, the government cannot deny anyone life, liberty, or property without due process of law. However, that hasn’t stopped federal and state authorities from seizing property even when a crime has not been committed. Many taxpayers don’t understand the laws and guidelines that apply to civil forfeiture. In this week’s…
I know many of you have heard the controversy about Wayfair and Amazon paying taxes. This week’s episode dives into the recent Supreme Court ruling that online businesses must pay taxes and the effect on smaller, primarily online businesses. About Brad Scott and Wayfair Advocacy Brad Scott joins Kelly as a guest to give an…
With a week to go before the tax filing season deadline, many folks may be focusing on July 15, 2020, as the date to mail in payments for the 2019 tax year. But there’s another payment deadline looking: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reminding taxpayers who took advantage of the People First Initiative tax relief that…
While most taxpayers are focused on the individual tax filing due date, there’s another deadline looming. In addition to being the revised individual and corporate due date for the 2019 tax year, July 15, 2020, marks the filing deadline for many tax-exempt organizations. Information returns for tax-exempt organizations are ordinarily due on the 15th day…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may have your money. The tax agency has announced that more than $1.5 billion in outstanding refunds remain unclaimed from 2016. Yes, billion. That represents well over one million taxpayers who might have qualified for a refund but did not file a federal income tax return for 2016. If you are due…