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Tax Professionals Meet The Gambler Scam

Tax Professionals Meet The Gambler Scam

Apr 10, 2015

I’m sure as a tax professional you’ve heard a few tall tales that made you chuckle. Well wait until you hear about the new scam aimed at the IRS involving losing lotto tickets. Those creative gamblers have come up with a way to avoid paying taxes. A winning gambler...
Professional Tax Software Stop Playing Price Wars

Professional Tax Software Stop Playing Price Wars

Apr 10, 2015

When potential customers call looking for professional tax software information, one of the 1st questions we are asked is “How much does it cost?” We like to answer questions before you ask them. The Guessing Game – Sometimes it can be a guessing game of whom?...
The College Student Tax Scam

The College Student Tax Scam

Apr 1, 2015

The IRS is warning college students and other taxpayers to be aware of a new federal tax refund scam luring students to give their personal information to file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds. In the southeast region of the US the American Opportunity...
Pros and Cons of Refund Anticipation Checks

Pros and Cons of Refund Anticipation Checks

Mar 30, 2015

We all know that there are some crooked tax preparers out there. Heck there are crooked people in every profession. It seems like these bad preparers are giving refund anticipation checks a bad name for everyone. If you don’t know what they are, they are similar to a...
No IRS Shutdown, Tax Professionals Exhale

No IRS Shutdown, Tax Professionals Exhale

Mar 20, 2015

With less than a month before the April 15th filing deadline, it turns out the IRS budget cuts won’t cause the Internal Revenue Service to shut down for two days as they had previously predicted. Back in January, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen had warned that the...