Showing posts with label preparer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preparer. Show all posts
Monday, September 1, 2025

Can Your Tax Preparer Expose You To Fraud?

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We have talked about the statute of limitations many times. In general, the IRS has three years to challenge your tax return and assess ad...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

No Hiding Behind Preparer’s Error

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  Practitioners sometimes call it “falling on the sword.” There is likely a phone call to the insurance company beforehand. Something we...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Can A Taxpayer Be Responsible For Tax Preparer Fraud?

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  We are familiar with the statute of limitations. In general, the SoL means that you have three years to file a return, information importa...
Sunday, October 1, 2023

A Current Individual Tax Audit

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  We have an IRS audit at Galactic Command. It is of a self-employed individual. The self-employeds have maintained a reasonable audit rate,...
Monday, May 22, 2023

Tax Preparer Gives Gambler A Losing Hand

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  I am looking at a bench opinion. The tax issue is relatively straightforward, so the case is about substantiation. To say that it went o...
Sunday, May 16, 2021

You Have To Look At Your Return

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I am looking at a case that covers relatively well-trod ground. It did however remind me of a client from around 20 years ago. I got a diffe...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

A Tax Preparer As A Witness

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It is – once again – that time of year. Extensions. The business extensions came due last month. The individual extensions are due this mo...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

Data Security And Your Tax Preparer

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I annually reflect on what was unique about every tax season, other than this is a difficult profession. I can understand why accounting gr...
Friday, April 7, 2017

Tax Preparers And Making Things Up

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The following question came up this year. It was from an experienced CPA, so I was surprised that he even asked: Are there rules on overs...