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I Didn't File My Tax Return; Now What?

There are a lot of perfectly reasonable reasons for not having filed your income taxes. Many people who fail to file are new to the job market, and never having filed before may simply have been unaware of the requirement to do so. Some people…
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Checking Your Federal Refund Status Is Easy

If you have already filed your federal tax return and are due to receive a refund, you can check the status of your refund online. Where’s My Refund? is an interactive tool on the IRS website. Regardless of whether you have split your…
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Can’t Pay Your Taxes by the April Due Date?

If you aren’t one of those lucky Americans who gets a tax refund from the IRS you might be wondering about your options for paying off your tax liability by the April due date. The IRS encourages taxpayers to pay the full amount of their…
Capital Building
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Tax Reform Puts a Cap on Deducting Business Losses

Note: This is one of a series of articles explaining how the various tax changes in the GOP’s Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (referred to as “the Act” in this article), which passed in late December of 2017, could affect you and your family,…

If You Owe the IRS a Lot of Money, You May Not Want to Plan Any Out-of-the-Country Trips

  As promised several months back, the IRS has begun to crack down on seriously delinquent taxpayers. A law passed on Dec. 4, 2015, requires the IRS to notify the U.S. State Department when someone has “seriously delinquent tax debt,”…
Tax Due Dates
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February 2018 Individual Due Dates

February 1 - Tax Appointment If you don’t already have an appointment scheduled with this office, you should call to make an appointment that is convenient for you. February 12 - Report Tips to Employer If you are an employee who works…
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Will Your 2018 Withholding Be Right?

Note: The is one of a series of articles explaining how the various tax changes made by the GOP’s Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (referred to as the “Act” in the article), passed late in December 2017, might effect you and your family in 2018…
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New Tax Law Cracks Down on Home Mortgage Interest

Note: The is one of a series of articles explaining how the various tax changes made by the GOP’s Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (referred to as the “Act” in the article), passed late in December 2017, might affect you and your family in 2018…
Capital Building
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Tax Reform and Your Taxes

Well, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) has passed, mainly starting in 2018, and if you are confused by how this new law will impact you, you’re not alone. As has become the norm for Congress, it played brinksmanship and waited to almost…