Getting To Know You Tuesday: Robert K. Morrow
Meet Robert K. Morrow, a California tax attorney, former law professor, and science fiction enthusiast, in this week’s Getting To Know You Tuesday.
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Preparing & Managing For A Sandwich Generation Household
Kelly acknowledges the statistics of life expectancy rapidly increasing, which seemingly results in more sandwich generation households. Sandwich generations are when a parent generation with children, also find themselves caring for elderly. Ultimately, these situations can lead to many challenges, including financial and emotional concerns, and everything else that comes with juggling two generations. This…
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Getting To Know You Tuesday: Virginia La Torre Jeker
Not all U.S. tax work happens on U.S. soil. Just ask Virginia La Torre Jeker, a US tax consultant who has been living and working in Asia and the Middle East for the past 35 years. A native New Yorker, Virginia provides U.S. tax advice and planning for expatriates, foreign persons and international families having…
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Taxes From A To Z (2018): E Is For Enrolled Agent
It’s Taxes From A To Z. E is for Enrolled Agent.
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A Reminder To Ditch The Disclaimer This Tax Season
It’s officially the busy season for tax professionals, which means that the volume of correspondence, including emails and letters, is about to increase. This go-round, however, those emails and letters should look a bit different from those sent out last year: they should be shorter. A lot shorter. The reason? Those email disclosures. The IRS…
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My Best Tax Advice Ever, Part III: Make Friends With A Tax Pro
So I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I don’t prepare my own tax returns. Completely true. It is how I stay married. You see, I used to prepare my own returns for my business and for my household. And I did just fine for a bit. But then I had three…
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Ask The Taxgirl: What To Do When You Get An Audit Notice
Taxpayer asks: Dear taxgirl, I need some help. I am being audited by the IRS and I don’t know what to do. I am self-employed (web design) and I do not have many records to back up my tax returns. I didn’t lie on my taxes but I can’t prove it. I don’t know what…
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Sunday Mailbag: The Really Hot Edition
I am actually waiting for my coffee to cool down this morning. I can barely sip it – it’s so hot out. The temps are slated to creep back up to the 90s again today – the 90s. Remember, folks, I’m in Philly and it’s just the first couple of days of May. It’s not…
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7 Audit Lessons (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love The IRS)
Okay, maybe love is a bit much said. But the whole audit/examination process is over (at least for now, yes, yes, we know that 2008 is coming). It was oddly informative. While I’ve dealt with the IRS tons of times before, including related to audits, there’s still a different feeling on the other side of…
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LexisNexis Looking For Notable New Tax Attorneys
The folks at LexisNexis are looking for notable new tax attorneys who deserve recognition for a notable accomplishment. “New” is defined as practicing for ten years or less (*sob*, that means I’m out). “Notable” could mean a bunch of things. I think it’s how Justice Potter Stewart describes porn: you’ll know it when you see…
