WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued a consumer alert regarding a new, two-step e-mail scam that falsely promises recipients they will receive $80 for participating in an online customer satisfaction survey.
In the scam, an unsuspecting taxpayer receives an unsolicited e-mail that appears to come from the IRS. The e-mail contains [...]
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Part of federal fraud case against Jackson-Hewitt
By RHONDA COOK
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/10/07 Two Atlanta women have been banned from ever again preparing federal income tax returns as part of a four-state federal fraud case against the Jackson-Hewitt company and its [...]
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Washington, D.C. (Aug. 9, 2007) The Internal Revenue Service wants teachers to know that a recent tax law change won’t affect the way their tax is paid in the upcoming school year.
The change, involving deferred compensation rules, has been prompting anxious calls from teachers who are worried they will face stiff penalties if they [...]
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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service will simplify the signature process for electronically filed individual income tax returns submitted by tax practitioners. The simplification eliminates the need for a paper signature document to be sent to the IRS in support of electronically filed tax returns.
Beginning with the 2008 filing season, tax [...]
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The IRS has long targeted self-employed taxpayers (aka independent contractors and freelancers) for audits. But the agency might start auditing even more people who own their own business and work for themselves. Mark Minassian, the About.com Guide to Business Law and Taxes, says not just contractors,
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The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services that the agency will continue its efforts to improve the accuracy of credit report information and to enhance consumers’ ability to dispute and correct inaccurate information.
Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, described the FTC’s progress toward these goals, [...]
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Associated Press
Published on: 06/06/07 TRENTON, N.J. — The federal government has widened its probe into whether the nation’s No. 2 tax return preparer helped customers file fraudulent returns to get bigger refunds.
One large franchisee of Jackson Hewitt [...]
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June 5, 2007 - 7:38pm
By LINDA A. JOHNSON
AP Business WriterTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The federal government has widened its probe into whether the nation’s No. 2 tax return preparer helped customers file fraudulent returns to get bigger refunds.
One large franchisee of Jackson Hewitt Tax Services Inc. was accused of fraud two months ago, and [...]
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6/3/2007 10:54 AM EDT
URL: http://www.thestreet.com/funds/taxes/10360160.html
Consider this another step in the “tax accountants full employment act”: The latest change in the tax law applies the “Kiddie Tax” to much older kids! The change targets wealthy parents who gift assets to their children to avoid paying their own, higher tax rate.
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Mortgage market commentary
Friday, May 25, 2007
By Lou Barnes
Inman News
Two weeks ago, the 10-year T-note traded under 4.65 percent; yesterday it touched 4.9 percent. Mortgages — as always, following the 10-year in lockstep — were trying to break 6.25 percent going down; now they are trying to hold 6.5 percent while going up.
The case for [...]
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