Tax Talk

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 […]

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/451995256 This course will cover income from wages, interest, dividends, stock transactions, self employment, and credit card transactions. We will discuss the forms that these various forms of income are reported on, how they transfer to the 1040, and how they are taxed.  This course provides 2 […]

Why does it seem that just before something is fully functional and working well that it needs to be changed? The IRS has made several new changes and “improvements” to the online PTIN registration portal. Hopefully, these changes improve it’s capacity in registering and renewing preparers’ PTINs.  Hopefully, there won’t be three weeks just before […]

I’ve begun so many stories of fraud the same way, “it’s a story we’ve come to know so well.”  I’m tired of all this fraud. I don’t know if it just seems that so many “big fish” have been caught lately, or the IRS is really cracking down, but I am, firstly, saddened by the […]

Yesterday afternoon, the findings of the investigation of the ITIN Department of the IRS were released in a report that showed blatant and easily detectible fraud. The report finds that the “higher-ups” involved in the ITIN tax fraud cared more about processing as many applications as possible, as opposed to properly processing only acceptable ones. […]