How to Maintain, Monitor and Protect Your EFIN
The IRS has released some very helpful videos with tips on how to maintain, monitor, and protect your EFIN. https://youtu.be/iXb0_ElZYdQ
The IRS has released some very helpful videos with tips on how to maintain, monitor, and protect your EFIN. https://youtu.be/iXb0_ElZYdQ
Thinking about becoming a tax return preparer? If you are feeling overwhelmed by the tax code changes, business start up costs, or timeliness of your endeavor, stop. Becoming a tax return preparer is easier than it may seem. At least the technical aspects are not too difficult. Finding time to develop your stills may be […]
With the passing of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, many tax laws will be changing. The tax law changes will not be represented on the Enrolled Agent Special Enrollment Exams until next year. If you can find the time and motivation to complete your Enrolled Agent exams between May 1, 2018 — February 28, […]
Audit yourself- Audit your professional tax software for any e-files that might have not been accepted. Sometimes state tax returns may fall through the cracks. Ensure all e-files that were sent or previously rejected have been accepted. Be sure that any tax refund checks to be printed from bank funded returns have been printed and […]
According to the National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA) the IRS has informed them that Enrolled Agents are no longer allowed to use the previously IRS issued and approved EA logo. The IRS did create the logo for the EA program and supported its use as a means to encourage participation in the Enrolled Agent […]
Acknowledgements are taking longer than expected recently due to the modernized e-file system being swamped with returns coming in. Try not to worry too much about it, but rather, let your client know that the system is bogged down and that it should return to normal in the following week or so. The 8812 (Additional […]
There is nothing more financially terrifying than getting a letter from the IRS. Pranksters have long been able to superimpose the IRS’s logo onto a letterhead and mail it off for laughs, but now, these pranksters have grown up into identity thieving crooks using more than a letterhead. Identity thieves have an arsenal of weapons […]
The following tax forms will be accepted by the IRS during the first week of March after updating forms and completing programming and testing of its processing systems. A specific date will be announced in the near future. Form 3800 General Business Credit Form 4136 Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels Form 5074 Allocation of […]
The IRS is experiencing high traffic on “Where’s My Refund?” as more tax returns come in. Because of the heavy volume of refund inquiries, the IRS anticipates “Where’s My Refund?” will have limited availability during busier periods. Due to the large number of inquiries and to avoid service disruptions, the IRS strongly urges taxpayers to […]
The Internal Revenue Service announced that it would begin accepting tax forms covering depreciation on Sunday, February 10, and forms covering education credits on Thursday, February 14, a.k.a Valentine’s Day. “This step clears the way for almost all taxpayers to start filing their tax returns for 2012,” the IRS wrote in a statement. “These forms […]