Taxes February 10, 2026
The independent senator from Vermont, who caucuses with Democrats in the nation's Capitol, will appear Feb. 18 to formally kick off the campaign to place a new tax on billionaires on California's November ballot.
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March 4, 2014
Nine out of ten times, when a client complains about a price, the price is not the real problem, the problem is some aspect of the service, but the client may not know how to articulate their real complaint, so they focus on price. If you ask why, you can find out the real problem.
March 4, 2014
It won’t affect your 2013 tax return, but the National Society of Accountants (NSA) points out that the ACA will soon increase the complexity of tax filing with new rates and regulations that you – and your tax preparer – must know.
March 3, 2014
A stampede of applications for medical pot dispensaries could end up on the desks of state officials starting today.
March 3, 2014
Convicted psychic swindler Rose Marks was sentenced to just over 10 years in federal prison Monday for defrauding clients of her family's fortune-telling businesses out of more than $17.8 million.
February 27, 2014
Tax reform is back in on the table. On February 26, 2014, U.S. Representative Dave Camp (Rep.-Mich.), the chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, released a much-anticipated draft of a major tax overhaul. Camp’s proposed reforms, which were three years in the making, reflect bipartisan efforts to simplify the tax code and provide…
February 27, 2014
According to a new report prepared on behalf of the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the impetus for covering more taxpayers under Obamacare could come from an intriguing source: Tax return preparers.
February 27, 2014
Think taxes get a lot easier when you retire? Like everything else in life, it depends, especially since the tax aspects of Social Security, 401(k) withdrawals and IRAs can get pretty confusing.
February 27, 2014
Across the United States, millions of people are gathering their W-2s, 1099s, receipts, business expenses, mortgage and brokerage statements, student loan records and other documents they need to file their taxes.
February 26, 2014
Fudge a few numbers on a tax return? It's illegal and could set a taxpayer up for some serious fines and penalties but ... 14 percent of Americans say it's not a big deal. Yet at the same time, a vast majority think tax preparer standards of competency are highly important.
February 25, 2014
Only four states require testing and continuing education for hundreds of thousands of independent tax preparers who make a living deciphering the nearly 74,000-page U.S. tax code for many Americans.
February 25, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service has released its Criminal Investigation (CI) Annual Report for fiscal year 2013, reflecting significant increases in enforcement actions against tax criminals and a robust rise in convictions, including identity theft.
February 24, 2014
According to a new federal court of appeals case, the IRS doesn’t have the authority to regulate tax return preparers who routinely file returns on behalf of taxpayers.