Author Archives: Russ

IRS: Don’t Call Us, Don’t Write Us

No, I’m not talking about my business: feel free to call or write us (but due to a water leak, our office is closed today, Thursday, December 8th–we’ll be in tomorrow).  Rather, I’m talking about calling the IRS and writing … Continue reading →

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If You Use FTX (Cryptocurrency Exchange)

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX (FTX.com and FTX.us) appears to be in severe financial difficulties.  Binance was going to purchase them, but that purchase isn’t going to happen.  It appears that FTX could fail at any time.  There are a number of … Continue reading →

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The Jarretts Win a Pyrrhic Victory

Let’s say you really want the IRS to change how it treats an issue that impacts you.  So you file a tax return including that item (as the IRS wants it done), adding $9400 of income and $2000 to your … Continue reading →

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2022 Tax Season: The Tax Season From Hell (Part 4)

To recap, in Part 1 of this series I dealt with IRS failures in the 2022 Tax Season; in Part 2, I covered what the IRS should do to fix the mess.  In Part 3, I wrote about what our … Continue reading →

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If You Used IRS Direct Pay on October 20th Check Your Bank Records

I love IRS Direct Pay.  It’s a simple method to make payments to the IRS for most (but not all) taxes individuals might have.  And it works…well, it works most of the time. I saw on Twitter the following: On … Continue reading →

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2022 Tax Season: The Tax Season From Hell (Part 3)

This is, perhaps, the most painful post I’ve ever written for this blog.  Why?  I’m going to go over everything our firm got wrong with this past Tax Season.  As the saying goes (Murphy’s Law), what can go wrong will … Continue reading →

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The Tax Foundation’s 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index: Bring Me the Usual Suspects (Again)!

It seems like it was only yesterday when I wrote about the 2022 State Business Tax Climate Index, but it’s been a year!  This morning, the 2023 Index was released and it’s more of the same.  Let’s look at the … Continue reading →

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Is Anyone Happy In Tax Professional Land?

Except for our four international clients on second extension and our ten clients impacted by Hurricane Ian, the 2020-2022 Tax Season is over.  I expect that within one month, we will be off filing returns until February 2023 (well, there … Continue reading →

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FINCEN Gives FBAR Filing Relief for Individuals Impacted by Hurricane Ian

FINCEN announced today that they are following the IRS and giving relief to taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Ian: FinCEN announced today that victims of Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico; Hurricane Ian in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina; and storms … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Ian: IRS Extends Deadline for All Floridians to February 15

The IRS announced today that because the state of Florida has been declared a disaster zone that tax deadlines for Floridians have been extended until February 15, 2023.  This includes the individual and C-Corporation extended deadline of October 17th, the … Continue reading →

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