by Leif Jensen | Jul 23, 2011 | General |
It appears that the IRS is aware that they exist! “Ghost Preparers” are those who charge fees for tax preparation but refuse to and don’t sign returns. To help track down these culprits, the IRS have sent mailings to taxpayers, who’s tax returns are somewhat...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 23, 2011 | General |
Having a large dollar volume of stock purchases does not always make you a trader in the eyes of the IRS. in this case a businessman who had 313 transactions for over $20 million in securities during a year; but he traded only on 29% of the available days and rarely...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 23, 2011 | General |
The IRS is investigating the paid preparers who continued to utilize their Social Security numbers or invalid pin last tax year instead of a valid tax preparer pin. The IRS has begun mailing letters this month to 100,000 or so of these preparers. The notices tell...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 22, 2011 | General |
According to Labor Department data; thirty percent of America’s jobless, 4.4 million people, have been out of work for more than a year (these are U3 statistics not U6, where the numbers will be higher). “It really is going to take a concentrated effort of employers...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 22, 2011 | General |
made the payroll tax payments as required. But, they had notified management that the payments were done for the 4th Qtr. With that person no longer there, I was working with the new bookkeeper and discovered the non-payment. After verifying that they were not done,...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 21, 2011 | General |
Fiscal 2011 bring with it the creation of the 1099-K. The IRS has created this form for reporting Merchant Card and Third-Party Payments made with your tax id (social security number or FEIN). Now before you say this obviously is not me, what they are referring to is...
