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Those Affected by Late Tax Breaks

The start of the 2011 filing season will begin in January for the majority of taxpayers. However, the last and late changes in the law mean that the IRS will need to reprogram its processing systems for three provisions that were extended in the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Re-authorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 that became law on Dec. 17. 2010.

People claiming any of these three items – involving the state and local sales tax deduction, higher education tuition and fees deduction and educator expenses deduction as well as those taxpayers who itemize deductions on Form 1040 Schedule A — will need to wait to file their tax returns until tax processing systems are ready, which the IRS estimates will be in mid- to late February.

“The majority of taxpayers will be able to fill out their tax returns and file them as they normally do,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “We will do everything we can to minimize the impact of recent tax law changes on other taxpayers. The IRS has worked through the holidays and into the New Year to get our systems reprogrammed and ensure taxpayers have a smooth tax season.”

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Tags: higher education tuition and fees deduction, internal revenue service, IRS tax forms, itemized deduction, recent tax law changes, Schedule A Itemized Deductions, tax changes, tax law changes, tax processing systems, tax relief

An Interview with The Wondering Tax Pro

My first blog post appeared on August 6th, 2008. I credit Robert Flach of The Wondering Tax Pro with mentoring me into the blogging world.

Robert has been preparing individual and business tax returns for people from all walks of life, from professional football players and actors to doctors and architects to secretaries and clerks since February of 1972.

I consider it a great honor to have Robert as a friend and a colleague. Below is an interview I conducted with Robert last month.  At the Conclusion of the interview Robert had been notified of his being Named as the NATP Preparer of the month for January.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Tags: Robert Flach, tax and personal finance writer, taxpro, The Wondering Tax Pro

A Certified Public Accountant has been suspended by the IRS

           OMG could it be so? What is the world coming to, someone with the backing of the IRS, with all the testing needed to “count beans” has been suspended from practice before the IRS. Humm, does this mean they are not sure non-CPA tax return prepares are faulty and they are the only ones doing things a bit shady? Is it going to come out that those with presumed earned credentials are the ones who might be the shadiest?

 Naw this was just an isolated incident.  We won’t need to subject them to regular testing and IRS guided CPE.

 Right?

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Tags: Certified Public Accountant, CPA, false tax returns, loeser, Office of Professional Responsibility, Robert A. Loeser, tax practitioner, Tax professional

Welcome to the new site address. .

            Welcome to my new site for this blog. As you can see I have changed it around a bit. Okay a lot. 

            Reason for the change is, well, not sure. Basically just decided the place needed remodeled. That is what has been taking so long. Locating a theme and then tweaking it to something that is enjoyable on the eyes and easy to move around in. 

            I don’t have all the bugs worked out of a few things so if you experience problems please let me know.

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Tags: blog, Bruce Welcome, Taxes, tweaking, work in progress

A little Professionalism, if you please.

          Earlier this past week I noticed a post(1) from a blogging colleague. I mention this as although his said intentions were set and designed to inform taxpayers, I found not only a few things wrong with the post, but also felt like the post was an attack. The attack was not to just a good blogging friend and colleague, but to other such professionals as well. Moreover, I am not just referring to tax professionals. 

Please, let me explain better. 

          There has been an ongoing, somewhat group, discussion about the pending and upcoming regulation of tax preparers. In the post referenced above it is clear that the subject is surrounding this topic. 

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Tags: accountant, accounting, irs, professional preparer, regulatory authority, Tax preparer, tax preparers, tax professionals, taxpayers

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