Ask The Taxgirl: Reporting A Tax Preparer
It’s Ask The Taxgirl! Today’s question focuses on what to do with (and how to report) when you encounter a bad tax preparer.
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Taxes From A To Z (2018): G Is For Ghost Preparer
It’s Taxes From A to Z. G is for Ghost Preparer.
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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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11 Questions To Ask When Hiring A Tax Preparer
Hiring a tax preparer can be tough – but sometimes you just have to ask the right questions. Here are 11 questions to consider when hiring a tax preparer.
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A Beginner’s Guide To Taxes: Can I Do My Return Myself?
For those of you who don’t hang out with me in real life, here’s stuff you might not know: I bake my own bread. I pickle my own vegetables. I make my kids’ Halloween costumes. I can code a little. But I do not do my own taxes. I used to do my own returns…
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Attorney Who Bested IRS In Tax Preparer Regulation Case Speaks Out
Two things happened on Sunday. One, I sat down for an interview with Dan Alban, the lead attorney in Loving et al v. Commissioner (downloads as a pdf). And two, I had friends over to the new house for a chat. You might think the two are completely unrelated. But you’d be wrong. You see,…
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IRS Stopped ‘Dead In Its Tracks’ In Efforts To Regulate Tax Preparers
It turns out that the IRS can’t do everything it wants after all. Last year, three independent tax preparers, Sabina Loving of Chicago, Illinois, John Gambino of Hoboken, N.J., and Elmer Kilian of Eagle, Wisconsin, took on the IRS, accusing it among other things, of lacking the authority to license tax preparers. The lawsuit was…
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Sunday Mailbag: The Edition Where I Talk About Tax Pros
I had a great time on Friday with our “Ask the taxgirl LIVE” segment. I know there wasn’t a lot of notice about it and yes, I heard about it (thanks for your emails and messages). This was my first time live blogging on Forbes and we had some technical pieces to work out. That…
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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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Tax Scams Still Rampant
With just a few weeks to go before Tax Day, it seems that tax scams aren’t slowing down. A Jacksonville, FL, news station has reported the arrest of George Graycochea on a charge of organized fraud. Graycochea allegedly advertised on Craigslist for tax preparation services. Since I’ve never seen any ads on Craigslist for tax…
