Chances are, if you purchased your home from a third party, you know exactly how your home is titled – meaning whose name is on the deed. But, what if your home has been in the family for generations and has passed among family members. Is YOUR name on the deed? Don’t know? Well, here […]
An IP PIN, you ask – what is it? Well, it is an Identity Protection PIN which prevents the filing of a tax return using your Social Security Number by someone other than you. These PINs have been around for several years but were issued only when someone had fraudulent activity on their account or […]
The Internal Revenue Service continues in its fight against cyber criminals and is constantly finding new ways that these criminals are obtaining information. There is no limit to the means in which crimes can occur. Whether through a telephone call, text message or email, the con artist tries to convince the recipient that they need […]
If you didn’t file your income taxes by May 17, 2021, and requested an extension, October 15, 2021 will be here before you know it. If you haven’t filed your 2020 taxes yet, time is running out for the filing of returns and payment of taxes owing – although getting an extension was not an […]
The IRS National Taxpayer Advocate Service recently released the mid-year report to Congress. Here are a couple of the highlights of the report which you may find interesting: During the 2021 tax filing season, the IRS processed 136 million individual income tax returns and issued 96 million refunds totaling about $270 billion. In addition to […]
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