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Time Limit to Correct Social Security Earnings Statement Before It’s Too Late!

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Here’s a link to an important article about keeping a eye on your social security earnings records. There are strict time limits on fixing any errors in your social security earnings record that you need to be aware of. Not correcting the error(s) in a timely fashion could cost you benefits for a lifetime. http://socialsecurityintelligence.com/check-your-social-security-earnings-statement-before-its-too-late/ […]

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5 Arrested in IRS Impersonation Scam

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Five suspects have been arrested for involvement in a growing IRS impersonation scam that has bilked an estimated $36.5 million from 6,400 victims nationwide, federal officials said Tuesday. I have personally received many calls from clients and others saying that they have been contacted by the IRS to “pay up or go to jail”. As

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IRS and Phishing Scams

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Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain a major threat to taxpayers, headlining the annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for the 2016 filing season, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. The IRS has seen a surge of these phone scams as scam artists threaten police arrest, deportation, license revocation

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Tax Tips for Real Estate Investors

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Tips For Real Estate Investors If you are a real estate investor I’m sure you are familiar with a number of tax laws and strategies that real estate investors encounter frequently and not so frequently. Things like: *Tax Rules and Solutions at Purchase and During Ownership of Real Estate *Living With the Passive Loss Regulations

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Beware IRS Phishing Scams

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Hello All, I’ve put this in my newsletters and website for years, but just got a phone call from a client whose identity was compromised when he opened an email that said it was from the IRS and answered some questions. As I’ve stated before, the IRS does not generally contact taxpayers via email. Never,

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Tax Deal Made

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Well, they did it. They drug it out to the last minute, but they did it. Weeelll, they did some of it. And I’d really like to thank all of them in Washington for dragging us through this during the holidays and leaving us to sort this all out this morning while at the same

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2013 Tax Outlook: Facing the “Fiscal Cliff”

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December 27, 2012 2013 Tax Outlook: Facing the “Fiscal Cliff” The 2012 election left us with the same President, same Democratic-controlled Senate, and same Republican-controlled House of Representatives. But 2013 brings several new challenges. That’s because several important tax provisions are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, in what some observers are

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Year-End Payroll Tips for Employers

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Year-end payroll tips for employers The Winter 2010 edition of the SSA/IRS Reporter included an article by the American Payroll Association (APA) which noted some tasks that employers should perform in December and January to make year-end processing go more smoothly. We have listed those tasks below that were included in the APA article plus

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