by Leif Jensen | Feb 22, 2016 | General |
Caution should be used by a trustee in regards to tax issues. Recently in making trust distributions, a trustee ran afoul of the IRS while taxes were due according to a federal court. After setting up a trust for his kids with stock options that his wife had earned....
by Leif Jensen | Feb 17, 2016 | General |
Are you a trader or an investor? This assuming that you do a number of financial transactions throughout the year. The distinction can be significant for tax purposes. Factors that separate traders and investors: Traders engage in frequent buying and selling, usually...
by Leif Jensen | Feb 16, 2016 | General |
Have you tried contacting the IRS is the last year or so? If you have you know that the hold times easily reach an hour and that a 35% hang up rate is acceptable to IRS managers. But that is destined to change (evil laugh), the plan is to make reaching the IRS’s...
by Leif Jensen | Feb 15, 2016 | General |
I have a client who has an employee looking to go on maternity leave. The employee was asking how much time they could work under the table while they were on maternity leave. The client is aware of the dangers of this on a multitude of levels. So this is not going...
by Leif Jensen | Feb 10, 2016 | General |
I was talking to an employee of a client and we were discussing how he does his and his families taxes. I was asking with whom does he talk to about any longer term planning. The software box apparently is not interactive, so none of them have any tax planning in...
by Leif Jensen | Feb 9, 2016 | General |
The IRS have now been given authorization to revoke or to not allow the State department to renew your passport, if the Service determines that you are whom they consider to be “seriously delinquent” in paying your taxes. Apparently the garnishment of wages and...
