Pre-season Marketing Webinar On Friday, Nov. 7th
Ladies and Gents, don’t miss the webinar. We’ll be going over marketing programs, tools, and implementation. Preseason Tax Office Marketing Join us for a Webinar on December 7 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/522555208 This webinar will be covering marketing your tax business for this coming tax season. We will discuss what […]
Gov. Attempting to Pass a Tax Cut Extension Bill
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has recently said she would try a “discharge petition” to bring to the floor of the House of Representatives a Senate-passed bill that would extend tax cuts for the middle class, those who earn less than 250 thousand. Requiring 218 signatures to bring it to the floor, the discharge petition […]
IPO Training Site Still Down for Maintenance and TY2012 Version Rollover
IPO training site is still down from the weekend maintenance and the roll over to the 2012 version. Have no fear, the website is scheduled to be up tomorrow morning and it will be the new 2012 version. In the mean time, if you’re dying to practice you can do training in live IPO for […]
Happy Thanksgiving From Federal Direct Tax Services
Federal Direct will be closed on November 22nd, 23rd, & 24th in observation of Thanksgiving. The office will reopen on November 26th at 9 am. Have a wonderful holiday! Things for which we are thankful: 1. You (..and you really look nice today!) 2. Corn (creamed or regular, we’re not picky, but creamed is way […]
Tax Refund Splitting Provides New Avenue for Fraud Detection
TIGTA found that more than 65,300 bank accounts had multiple direct deposits, accounting for more than 949,000 refunds for approximately $1.6 billion, some of which belong to IRS employees. What does this mean? Essentially, this means that 65,300 preparers may be shifting money from his or her client’s refund to the preparer’s own bank account. […]