CPA tax blogger Joe Kristan has written a rejoinder to Wandering Tax Pro Robert Flach, our favorite non-CPA, non-Enrolled Agent, non-lawyer, non-anything-that-requires-licensing-testing-and-accountability tax preparer: Robert D. Flach has put up another one of his occasional posts where he beats up on my profession: Don’t assume that because a person has the initials “CPA” after his name he [...]
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Robert Flach announces his publication of a new newsletter for sole proprietors and single-member schedule C filers entitled, aptly enough, The Schedule C Letter: THE SCHEDULE C LETTER is a bi-weekly newsletter that provides tax planning and preparation advice, information, and resources for sole proprietors and one-person LLCs who report their business activity on IRS Schedule C.¹ I have [...]
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Kay Bell makes some excellent points about bad tax clients who deliver to their tax preparers shoeboxes full of coffee stained tax receipts just days before the filing deadline: Failure to provide all necessary information to your tax preparer is a major complaint from those who make their livings doing taxes and tax planning for others. Being very [...]
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The Orlando Sentinel reports that the former CFO of Groveland Florida’s Marion Gardens Tree Farm was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment for tax evasion and four counts of mail fraud: Gary E. Williams, 59, drained the family owned farming company of at least $10.5 million over and eight year span with an elaborate scheme that has cost more [...]
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