Congratulations on your victory. It was truly a nail-biter. You campaigned well, and no matter what side of the fence voters are on, you are the man for 4 more years. Now, as tax practitioners what we need to know what is going on with the tax code!  Will you guys patch AMT; will the […]

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the north-easterners in the country who are battling hurricane Sandy. Please, take care of yourselves.

The IRS is expanding the number of taxpayers who will receive an Identity Protection Pin (IP PIN) for the upcoming season. All taxpayers that have had an identity theft indicator applied to their IRS tax account will receive an IP PIN that must be included on their 2012 Federal income tax return. This means that […]

An interesting question was posed this morning that made me think and question it myself. That question was “why does tax season seem to begin later and later every year?” My first thought was simply the day of the week that that date range falls on, but then I pulled up the calendar. Tax season […]

Although this is not something that one should ponder about his tax preparer, whether or not he/she has a PTIN, it does seem to be a way of possibly proving legitimacy as having had a PTIN. The Freedom of information act has given the world access to much of our personal information, and now, the […]