Tax Tips: Obamacare hits tax returns …
The Obamacare mandates become effective on our 2014 tax returns.
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) requires that you have health coverage that meets the law’s...
Tax Tips: Tax myths
In an 1939 BBC broadcast, Winston Churchill called Russia “a riddle wrapped in mystery inside an enigma.” This would also be an apt description...
American Tax Relief Act, part 2
After finishing my first article on the American Tax Relief Act of 2012 (see the Jan. 10 issue of the Town Crier) I realized...
Tax Tips: Tax update
Congress has been gearing up for the 2012 elections so no major tax legislation was passed in 2011. The bill passed in December 2010...
Tax Tips: People get ready, tax season’s a comin’ …
About this time of year, we begin to collect all the information we will need to properly file our income tax returns. Since it’s...
Tax Tips: Audit triggers
The Internal Revenue Service has stepped up its audits over the past few years. In addition to traditional face-to-face audits, it is also conducting...
Tax Tips: Self-employed retirement savings plans …
Saving for retirement has never been more important. The Social Security system is being placed under increasing strain as people live longer and the...
Tax Tips: People get ready, tax season’s a comin’
About this time of year, we begin to collect all the information we will need to properly file our income tax returns. Since it’s...
Tax Tips: A kinder, friendlier IRS and FTB?
I think it was back when George H.W. Bush was president that there was an effort to create a kinder, friendlier Internal Revenue Service...
Tax Tips: Survivor — tax audit island episode …
When taxpayers receive a tax audit notice, they often feel as if they are stranded on a hostile island and danger awaits. If their...