Oct 15th is the date published on the IRS’ official e-file chart, but they have changed it to 8am Eastern, Monday October 31st.  There is no additional time past this date to electronically resubmit returns that have been rejected, they will have to be paper filed. What does this mean for my office?  -  Any [...]

The bill to increase the US debt ceiling passed both the House and Senate Monday evening.  The bill raises the debt ceiling in several increments throughout the next year and gets us past the 2012 election.  A “super committee” comprised of both Republicans and Democrats will convene to approve another 1.5 trillion in borrowing for [...]

Tax Preparers will have to complete 15 hours of continuing education starting in 2012.  These 15 hours will be broken down into 10 hours of federal tax law topics, 3 hours of tax law updates, and 2 hours on ethics.  Courses will be provided by numerous IRS approved organizations, and Federal Direct will provide these [...]

Fuzzy Thurston, a former lineman of the Green Bay Packers will be auctioning off his 1967 SuperBowl Championship ring to help with his 1.7 Million tax debt.  The tax debt originates from Thurston’s post NFL business venture where he opened a chain of restaurants called The Left Guard.  The original debt was issued in 1984 [...]

The IRS has selected Prometric to administer the forthcoming tax preparer examinations, but they would like to hear from you, the actual preparers, regarding the structure, length, specific areas and topics that should be covered, reporting, etc.  Prometric is the company that has been administering exams for Enrolled Agents and CPAs for years, but with [...]

Jackson Hewitt officially filed petition for bankruptcy on May 23rd in the Delaware District court.  Jackson completed the the 2010 tax season with over 700 franchisees operating 4,800 locations.  The Bankruptcy has been classified as a “packaged bankruptcy” for restructuring debt, but this official filing is certainly a negative blow to the second largest tax [...]

The Kansas State offices have been closed since Monday afternoon because of the weather. Our last efile batch retrieval from IRS was Monday morning. We should be back to work Thursday and resume the legacy e-file processing.

We will be giving away a free “Fast Tax Refunds” neon sign.  Simply send us pictures of your tax office inside and out and we will pick the best setup and we will get the sign shipped out.  Most of our interaction with our offices is done over the phone and this lets us put [...]

Liberty Tax’s bank has released their lending program for the year and they will be limited to checks of $1,500 and the remainder printed in 7-14 days.  The 50% of Jackson Hewitt offices that have any type of 1-2 day refund options will also be subject to this same limit.

Offices preparing returns that have had the Earned Income Tax Credit denied will be receiving compliance letters stressing the importance of operating with Due Dilligance in the future.  Earned Income Tax Credit is one of the most fradulently used tools in individual tax preparation.  As a preparer you should be aware of the EITC due diligence requiremetns as well [...]