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IRS Street Addresses

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Russ

Most taxpayers use the Postal Service to send their returns to the IRS. However, you can use Federal Express or UPS. The problem is the IRS hides the street addresses of their service centers on their website if you need … Continue reading →

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Valentine Love from the IRS

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Russ

The IRS has announced that the date that taxpayers with itemized deductions, education expenses, or any of the other impacted forms (forms that were not being processed due to the need to reprogram the IRS’ computers) will be able to … Continue reading →

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A Fake Rabbi Commits Real Tax Fraud

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Russ

I guess I’m now beginning to be impacted by jet lag. I see a headline titled, “Fake rabbi admits million-dollar tax fraud,” and just go on. It hits me a few moments later, though, that this is real. The US … Continue reading →

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2010 California Use Tax Returns Due on January 31st

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Russ

If you own a business in California (including a sole proprietorship, an LLC, or a corporation) and you have had $100,000 of gross receipts or more in a year from 2008 through 2010 and do not otherwise have to file … Continue reading →

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Last Estimated Payment for 2010 Due

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Russ

No more R&R for me — back to the real world rather than a beach in the Caribbean. And nothing brings you back to reality like a little estimated tax. The fourth quarter 2010 payment is due on January 18th. … Continue reading →

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Back Home Again in Indiana (Illinois’ Tax Increase)

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Russ

Back Home Again in Indiana is the state song of the Hoosier State. For those in the Land of Lincoln, it’s quite likely the Hoosier State will look much nicer; this morning, legislators approved an income tax increase from 3% … Continue reading →

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Another California Non-Conformity Issue: Medical Insurance for Non-Dependent Adult Children

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Russ

I felt this important enough to update while relaxing in the Bahamas. (It helps that the sun is gone under a bank of clouds.) Anyway, from Spidell comes word that California is not going to conform to the exclusion of … Continue reading →

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Bahamas Bound

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Russ

I’m heading on that trip to the Bahamas, so posting will be practically non-existent until January 17th. Enjoy the other tax bloggers listed in the blogroll on the right.

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More Grist for the Mill

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Russ

There’s a debate over whether licensing tax professionals will do any good. California requires all tax professionals to have licenses, and we have plenty of Bozo tax preparers. In any case, out of Edgewood, Maryland comes word that there is … Continue reading →

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Who Needs to Stop Prisoner Tax Fraud?

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Russ

Via Joe Kristan this morning comes word that the IRS is spending millions to regulate law-abiding tax professionals, but is doing very little to stop tax fraud by prisoners. You are forcing practitioners to spend millions of dollars and hours … Continue reading →

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