(UPDATED: Intuit has temporarily suspended transmission of returns in all states. See this article for more details.) Minnesota Department of Revenue has stopped accepting tax returns submitted using Intuit’s TurboTax software. Rumors started flying about potential problems earlier this week and there were whispers that the Gopher State might stop accepting TurboTax returns as a…
Ugh. There’s more snow in the forecast for parts of the country today. This, following reports of accumulations of more than a foot in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota with a particularly painful “up to 23 inches of snow reported in the Bismarck area.” In mid-April. Winter storms have been hammering much of the…
Every year, we expect to see a few glitches in tax filings, including software bugs and processing issues. Generally, those are resolved pretty quickly and without much interruption. This year, however, the Minnesota Department of Revenue has taken the rather remarkable step of advising taxpayers not to use Intuit products, including TurboTax, to file your…
This week, we head out to the midwest to meet our tax pro. Christopher J. Wittich is a supervisor in the tax department at Boyum & Barenscheer PLLP with offices in Minnesota (see how I totally didn’t mention the Vikings there and I could have?). Christopher also blogs for the firm at www.BoyBarCPA.com/blog. Here’s what…
Last night, the Minnesota House voted 73-58 to approve a public-private venture to build a new football stadium. The move happened after lawmakers adjusted the private contribution piece to a higher number, requiring the team’s owners to kick in more of their own funds and lessening the burden on taxpayers in the state of Minnesota…
The 2012 NFL season is set to open in 121 days (not that I’m counting or anything). The game opener will be a showdown between my own Philadelphia Eagles rivals: the defending Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. I think we know how this one is going to end already….
It was a good Easter weekend for Stacy Knutson, a waitress at the Fryn’ Pan restaurant in Moorhead, Minnesota. Knutson was working a shift in November when a customer left a take out box on the table. Knutson tried to return the box to the customer but was told that she could keep it. When…
And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin’ to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take… OUR BEER! Okay, that was really from Braveheart….
With revenues plummeting and federal aid in short supply, many states are scrambling to fill holes in their budgets. The easiest way to do it? Raise taxes. At least ten states are considering major increases in the near future. They are: Arizona Connecticut Delaware Illinois Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey Oregon Washington Wisconsin Two states have…
There’s even more good news for the victims of severe flooding in Minnesota and North Dakota. Not only is the weather getting better but residents get some extra breathing room from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Since the flooding occurred so close to the April 15 due date, taxpayers and relief workers directly impacted by…