An Exercise in Power

May 22, 2013 by Toby Harper

Although accounting professionals are comfortable working with the IRS since they do it on a daily basis, any sort of correspondence between the collection agency and the common taxpayer can be a stressful and sometimes painful process.  The recent revelation [...]

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Thank you Academy Awards for Your Generous “Gift.”

February 25, 2013 by Melissa Rager

Oscar buzz has been hitting the media for the past few weeks with the annual predictions of who would win which category and who would wear what.  I’m not sure if anyone predicted Helen Hunt would wear a gown from [...]

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RTRPs Left to Wonder

January 28, 2013 by Melissa Rager

In a January 18, 2013 U.S District Court decision of Sabina Loving, et al., v. Internal Revenue Service, Judge James E. Boasberg overturned the IRS’s authority to regulate tax preparers. I should point out that this ruling has no effect [...]

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Have you filed your 2008 Income Tax Return?

February 27, 2012 by Melissa Rager

Taxpayers are given three years to file their income tax returns and claim any refunds they are due based on the overpayment of tax liabilities.  That means the date to file your 2008 tax returns is quickly approaching, and if [...]

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Where’s My Refund? Or, will I ever get my refund?

February 23, 2012 by Toby Harper

According to the IRS, a glitch in the popular Where’s My Refund? on the IRS website has been fixed.  This is welcome relief to numerous individuals who had been receiving a message that the IRS had no information regarding their return, [...]

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Gas prices cause IRS to increase 2011 mileage reimbursement rate

June 24, 2011 by Tim Schlotterer

In response to the increase in gas prices, the IRS announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for the last six months of 2011. The following are the rate changes which are contained in Announcement 2011-40: Purpose of [...]

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Independent Contractor Status Under Surveillance by IRS

June 2, 2011 by Darci Congrove

The IRS has recently announced plans to audit 6,000 businesses selected at random to determine whether they have workers improperly classified as independent contractors who should be treated as employees instead. When appropriately applied, i brand viagra canada ndependent contractor [...]

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Small Business Reprieve on Mandatory Health Care Reporting

June 2, 2011 by Darci Congrove

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What are your chances of being audited?

March 21, 2011 by Tim Schlotterer

The IRS recently issued their annual data book providing statistical data on activity within the IRS. Here are some interesting statistics to share with you… [...]

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