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Red Flags for IRS Audits

Here we are in the middle of tax filing season, and we all want to make sure we get the biggest refund possible, or at least owe as little to Uncle Sam as we can legally get away with, right? If you are doing your own taxes using one of the software programs out there, good luck to you. I hope you don’t miss anything! If you really want to make sure your taxes are done right, that you are fully…

Audit Risk

The last thing anyone wants to see in their mailbox is a letter from the IRS telling them that their tax return is under examination. This is how the folks at the IRS tries to soften the blow of telling someone that they are being audited. If you were to ask a Revenue Agent why one return is selected for audit and another one isn’t they would tell you that returns are picked for examination at r…

Tax Preparation Fees with No Surprises!

TurboTax seems to be the “go to” software for those who want to do their own taxes. Seems like Intuit decided to take advantage of their customers by raising their prices without saying anything to their long time customer. While Intuit and TurboTax are trying to fix the problem they created by their decision charge extra for some of the standard tax return schedules – Schedules C, D and E to be…

2015 Tax Season

Tax season is upon us once again! Just wanted to let you all know that as 2015 begins the IRS has indicated that they will begin accepting returns on January 20th, both electronically and by paper. With this being the first year involving the Affordable Care Act information, it is more important than ever for you to seek the help of a professional in filing your taxes. It is our hope that you w…

Tax Update!

Well, thanks to the recent government shutdown, the IRS has just announced that instead of accepting 2013 personal income tax returns on January 21, 2014 as they had originally stated, they will not begin to accept them until January 28th – at the earliest! Hopefully it won’t go much beyond that! …