As of right now, the law will not allow for taxpayer debt to be reported to credit bureaus, but looming over us is the $400 BILLION taxpayer debt.  The Government Accountability Office has been written to assess the feasibility of it. The theory is that taxpayers will be more will to pay if their credit […]

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 […]