Category Archives: IRS

A Miss by Trump: Billy Long as IRS Commissioner

Yesterday, President-Elect Trump announced that he would nominate former Missouri Congressman Billy Long as IRS Commissioner.  This is a nomination that should not happen, and if does occur I hope that the Senate does not “Advise and Consent” to Mr. … Continue reading

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IRS Now Offers Direct Pay for Businesses

I criticize the IRS regarding paperwork often.  Indeed, the IRS has a major problem dealing with correspondence. Yet many businesses must make numerous payments by check (because that’s the only way to do so) or EFTPS.  This morning, I sent … Continue reading

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Hurricane Milton Relief: Florida Now Has Until May 1, 2025 to File

With much of the state of Florida declared a federal disaster area, the IRS this morning announced that all residents of Florida have until May 1, 2025 to file their tax returns that are on extension. This impacts not only … Continue reading

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Disaster Relief Extension Impacts Millions in Illinois; Expect IRS to Give Relief to North Carolina Shortly

The IRS announced this morning that tax deadlines have been postponed in several counties in Illinois due to recent severe weather in the Chicagoland area: The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency … Continue reading

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Don’t Touch the Duct Tape!

Yesterday, I had to call the IRS to obtain an address to mail a return to (it had to go to a special address), and discuss collection activities for another client. Unfortunately, the IRS computer system crashed.  (It came back … Continue reading

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Creative Math, IRS Style

One of our clients made a mistake on his payroll tax deposits: He shorted the IRS $4,590. He realized his mistake, and immediately made a correcting payroll tax deposit (albeit late). There’s a penalty for this, and it’s 10% (based … Continue reading

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The Case of the Missing $632,825.18

The story you’re about to read is true. The names (and dollar amounts) have been changed to protect the innocent. John and Mary Smith, long-time clients, filed an amended return for the 2017 tax year years ago. It took some … Continue reading

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Why Did the IRS Send Me a $1.87 Refund?

In mid-June I received mail from the IRS.  That’s not unusual; I receive a lot of mail from the IRS (generally, correspondence for clients).  But this was different: it was a check for $1.87.  Here’s the check: Now, I wasn’t … Continue reading

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Is IRS Correspondence Broken?

As a tax professional with quite a few clients, our clients receive IRS notices. Much of this correspondence (not all, but a large portion) has to be responded to.  My three most recent cases are making me think there are … Continue reading

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The “Joy” of 1959 Technology

Clients of ours (call them John & Betty) just received their IRS refund.  It was off by $1,250, exactly the amount of an estimated tax payment they made.  They made that payment using IRS Direct Pay (and I saw their … Continue reading

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