Any individual taxpayer can view, print or download their own transcripts on-line in Real-Time using a computer or Smart Phone. You simply go to www.IRS.gov and enter GET TRANSCRIPT in the site search bar, OR ...
The following is a summary of the IRS' most recent Stakeholder Liaison Meeting in Denver Colorado as prepared by Ann Burton, IRS Senior Stakeholder Liaison. It is jam packed with procedural information and status updates from line managers and group leaders of the various IRS...
With my family snugly content midst a long holiday season I felt compelled to pen some thoughts regarding the ubiquitous US Tax Code and all its myriad of seemingly scary changes looming around the proverbial corner. This post lists 10 tax matters to be aware...
Last week I read that the Taxpayer Advocate Service's (TAS) case load has been growing substantially and this once great department inside the IRS does not have the resources to continue to handle its current inventory levels without adversely impacting its ability to provide effective...
According to IRS Revenue Procedure 2013-13 in addition to claiming the traditional office in home (OIH) or home office deduction on IRS Form 8829 there is now a new simplified option you can consider effective January 1, 2013. Basically this new simplified method if selected allows...
As many of you who follow me and/or this tax blog know I have been actively tracking a handful of select medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado who have been denied the opportunity to deduct ordinary and necessary business expenses by the IRS when arriving at...
If you have been impacted by a disaster in your area like many of my friends most recently here in Colorado due to flooding as defined by FEMA and identified by our President causing you to be unable to meet your tax obligations the IRS may...
Unless you elect different treatment, for shareholder income tax purposes S corporation distributions are applied in the following order: 1. To reduce the Accumulated Adjustment Account (AAA) determined without regard to any net negative adjustment for the tax year but not below zero. According to IRC 1368 if...
A taxpayer came to me looking for a second opinion on how his company's 2011 and 2012 IRS Form 1120-S were prepared, signed and filed because the retained earnings reported on Schedule L was ($100,000) - as in negative - AND the Accumulated Adjustment Account (AAA) on...
If you have ever been a victim of IRS lien or levy action you know first hand that it can be unilaterally devastating on many levels and take literally years if not decades to financially overcome. To add insult to injury it gets all the...