Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — The Deficit. The Debt. Americans are strangling themselves economically. So:
1) Restore all income taxes to the pre-President George W. Bush level, not just those for people earning $250,000 or more.
2) Tax the banks $90 billion as proposed by President Barack Obama to pay for their bailout. Then break them up — [...]
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By Kevin McCoy
March 17, 2008 (USA TODAY) – The Internal Revenue Service’s use of private collection firms to dun delinquent taxpayers is generating $81 million less annually than if the tax agency handled the job itself, the IRS National Taxpayer Advocate said Thursday.
Escalating a political battle over the program, Nina Olson [...]
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Posted in Tax Troubles on Mar 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Effectur, Inc. has discovered that the IRS has made a change to the allowable living expense standards for the second time in five months. What makes this discovery so unusual is that the last change on October 1, 2007 came with waited anticipation and press. Today’s change has come with no publicity whatsoever, even despite [...]
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Effectur, Inc. has discovered that the IRS has made a change to the allowable living expense standards for the second time in five months. What makes this discovery so unusual is that the last change on October 1, 2007 came with waited anticipation and press. Today’s change has come with no publicity whatsoever, even despite [...]
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Bill Evans Property taxes, interest rates, mortgage payments, repairs and living expenses can make home owning an expensive endeavor. Thankfully, there are many tax deductions that can make the experience more affordable.
Knowing the facts about these deductions will enable you to [...]
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North Charleston, SC 29406
August 28 2007
The IRS has recently proposed changes to its National and Local Standards for allowable living expenses. And JK Harris and Company is giving those suggested changes a big thumbs up.
The standards are what the IRS uses to determine a taxpayer’s ability to pay a delinquent [...]
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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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By Afiya Madzimoyo, ComproTax/ATL/Decatur, GA Office Manager
Our offices never close, and we’re here to support you with any corrections or addditions needed.
Tax season is well over now, and you filed on time, but now you realize that you made an error. What to do? File a corrected, accurate return. File an [...]
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Posted in Tax Troubles on Apr 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Helena-West Helena, Ark. - If you’ve ever had trouble with the IRS, you know what the newly merged city of Helena-West Helena is going through. The tax man wants to grab every penny the City has on hand to pay its bills, and in this case, everyone in town feels the pinch.
Marie Greene wasn’t surprised [...]
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“I couldn’t even open it up until I got to your office, Ms. Afiya,” he said.
We had arranged with the IRS to get him caught up in filing for the last six years, and we were on track and ready to send them in. We were scheduled for Thursday; he received notice from his [...]
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