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Category Archives: IRS
PPS Gets Friendlier: Callbacks Available
Twice a week, on average, I call the IRS’s Practitioner Priority Service. It’s the usual starting place for tax professionals to resolve issues with the IRS. This year, calling the IRS has been an adventure. This is not the IRS’s … Continue reading
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Tax Professionals: IRS Considering Extending 2021 Tax Season
Last week, a client of mine who filed in late March (by paper because her return could not be electronically filed) finally received her refund. The return was processed in mid-November (per the IRS transcript). The IRS is doing its … Continue reading
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Wait
I sometimes listen to music while working. I have a ~900 song playlist I cycle through, and today White Lion’s Wait came on. (White Lion was a hair band–if you watch the linked video, you will see why.) And it … Continue reading
When It Takes the IRS 5+ Months to Process an Amended Return…
Back in May, clients of mine discovered they left something out of their 2018 tax return. We prepared an amended return, the clients included a check for the additional tax, and it was mailed off to Kansas City. The check … Continue reading
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IRS Mailing Erroneous CP259F Notices
We prepare a few split-interest charitable trust returns (IRS Form 5227) every year. Coincidentally, I serve as trustee of a split-interest trust. Imagine my surprise when I received a CP259F Notice from the IRS for the trust that I am … Continue reading
It’s Time to Panic
As I write this, it’s September 30th. Two weeks from tomorrow is Thursday, October 15, 2020. That’s the deadline for individual taxpayers on extension to file their tax returns (except for those in disaster areas such as the fires that … Continue reading
The Dead Need Not Amend (Even When They Have To)
When I eventually go to the pearly gates, I assume I’ll be leaving income tax behind. It would be a rather rude surprise to find I have lifetime employment in the great beyond, too. This past week I needed to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020.Tax.Season
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The Perils of Waiting to the Last Minute
The extended deadline for partnership and S-Corporation tax returns was this past Tuesday, and all of our returns were completed and filed that could be (but one). And that one client understood the issues with late filing–but more on that … Continue reading
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At Least The IRS Could Find 95% of the Returns…
Two items crossed my in-box within a few minutes of each other this morning. The first was a blog post from the National Taxpayer Advocate requesting that Congress give multi-year funding for modernizing IRS computer systems. The second was a … Continue reading
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IRS Extends Tax Deadlines for Victims of Iowa Derecho & California Wildfires
The IRS announced yesterday that they have extended tax deadlines for victims of both the derecho that hit Iowa and the ongoing California wildfires. The specific counties impacted can be found on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website. For … Continue reading
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