How much research do you do before hiring someone to prepare your taxes? When you hand over your personal information, are you assured that your accountant is keeping your information secure, while also putting together a tax return that will pass IRS standards?  The IRS provides a number of resources to assist taxpayers in hiring […]

H.R. 22, otherwise known as the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, is an interesting piece of legislation for reasons beyond the fact that it is one of few bills that has managed to pass in both the Senate and House of Representatives. The act deals with much more than whatever “surface transportation” […]

In some situations, no news is not always good news. As the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration (TIGTA) reported, sometimes no news just means that computer systems aren’t always performing properly. The TIGTA report, dated June 18, 2015, focuses on the notification procedure used by the Internal Revenue Service to alert taxpayers of assessed […]

In October 2014, the IRS made a very important decision regarding structuring laws and civil forfeitures. Structuring laws, which prohibit the break-up of large deposits for purposes of avoiding bank reporting requirements, were meant to nab criminals seeking to bypass the IRS and/or commit money laundering violations. In application, however, the laws also had the […]

On July 31, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015. With transportation funds scheduled to run out within the week, Congress took care to pass the measure quickly.Just a few days after its introduction in the House of Representatives, this “band aid” bill was […]