Tax Talk

Webinar Overview: Itemized Deductions vs. Standard Deductions – What is the difference? When to itemize? What is the deductible? What records are needed when filed? Specifics to Schedule A’s. Itemized vs. Standard Deductions Join us for a Webinar on October 4 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/552788841 Itemized Deductions vs. Standard […]

The IRS has two main goals when it comes to ideal operations: fraud prevention and fast disbursements of refunds. These two distinctly different goals can be difficult to attain as the application of one could hinder the other.  Essentially, the DOJ plans to take information from local prosecutions to identify patterns in the cases and […]

Tax Office Due Dilligence & The Earned Income Tax Credit   Overview: What is Tax Office Due Diligence, and how does it affect your tax practice. We will cover how to make sure your office can pass a Due Diligence IRS audit, explain what the responsibilities of tax preparers are when it comes to taking […]

Information from the Return Preparer Office: The Return Preparer Office will be mailing more than 312,000 letters this week to people who have not yet scheduled an appointment to take the Registered Tax Return Preparer test. (SAMPLE RTRP NOTICE LETTER) This summer the RPO sent two different emails on this topic, but  the RPO Office […]

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 […]