With Halloween coming up, it is just not the neighbor kids looking forward to trick or treat but also people pretending that they are the Internal Revenue Service looking to steal your identity and scam you for your money. The scam artists exploiting innocent law-abiding taxpayers has been a big problem for the IRS and […]
With Halloween coming up, it is just not the neighbor kids looking forward to trick or treat but also people pretending that they are the Internal Revenue Service looking to steal your identity and scam you for your money. Listen to the story of Arati who works in New York City and immigrated to the […]
Topics Covered: 1. Tax Time – Why we pay. 2. Top Tax Write-Offs That Could Get You In Trouble With The IRS – Part 1: Travel Expenses, Cell Phones, Home Office Deduction and Home Computers. 3. Top Tax Write-Offs That Could Get You In Trouble With The IRS – Part 2: Personal Expenses, Guard Dogs, […]
It began with an earthquake. What hit San Francisco in 1906 was one of the worst natural disasters in American history. Once the water mains broke, there was no way to fight the dozens of fires caused by ruptured gas mains, except by dynamiting buildings in the fire’s path, which made things worse. People raced […]
A new revenue procedure makes it easier for taxpayers who hold interests in certain Canadian retirement plans to get favorable U.S. tax treatment. On October 7, 2014, the IRS made it easier for taxpayers who hold interests in certain popular Canadian retirement plans to get favorable U.S. tax treatment. Rev. Proc. 2014-55. As a result […]
From travel expenses to paying wages to family members, there’s no limit to what people will try to write off at tax time for the sake of their business. But where do you draw the line? Which write-offs you’re trying to write off go too far? Tax Write-Off: Personal Expenses This is a category business […]
From travel expenses to paying wages to family members, there’s no limit to what people will try to write off at tax time for the sake of their business. But where do you draw the line? Which write-offs you’re trying to write off go too far? Tax Write-Off: Travel Expenses Here’s a write-off that sometimes is […]
If you receive a notice from the IRS regarding small mistakes and omissions with your income tax return, you can probably deal with the IRS directly or by giving your tax preparer a quick call. However, if there is any chance your case could go sour, you need to call a qualified and experienced tax […]
Identity theft cost the Internal Revenue Service $5.2 billion in tax year 2013, according to an analysis from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. While the IRS estimates it prevented $24.2 billion in fraudulent refunds, there are still thousands of taxpayers whose tax refunds were delayed because a criminal beat them to the joyous task of […]
The United States is one of the few large countries that taxes citizens, permanent residents and corporations on income earned anywhere in the world. U.S. corporations have a nifty way to avoid tax on their foreign income and reduce their U.S. tax without really leaving home. It’s called tax inversion, and due to some recent […]
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