Analysis paralysis gets the best of us at one time or another. I see it all too often with my fellow Enrolled Agents after they pass the...

A question I often get is, "what exactly is tax representation?" Initially I would think to myself," what? How do you not know?" But...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is currently sending 5-8 million CP14 notices to taxpayers. Earlier in the year they announced that...

Tax day for 2023 is April 18th, 2023. Not only is your tax return due on this date, but if you have a balance it is also due on this date

I was born during the late 80s. During that time it was popular for people to buy savings bonds for children. It was an investment into...

Save on your taxes and save for retirement. That's the advantage I hear people share when promoting a 401(k). It sounds good but it is...

Do you know how much money you need in retirement to maintain the lifestyle that you currently live? Are you on track with your savings...

The failure to pay penalty is a penalty assessed by the IRS to taxpayers for not paying their tax bill by the filing deadline. The...

Forosophobia is the fear of taxes and the IRS. I read an article about this fear in Psychology Today. As I was reading the article I...

Will the IRS clean out my bank account? Will the IRS show up at my house? Will the IRS garnish my paycheck? They are going to throw me...

93% of the taxpayers I have helped with back taxes in the past 4 years were self-employed. Over half of those people were also...

Did you go into business to do taxes? A select few business owners do. So it is no surprise that taxes are one of the most confusing...

Originally, taxpayers could only make payments to the IRS by check and money order. Today the IRS offers a variety of ways to pay,...

Failure to make estimated tax payments is one of the top reasons why taxpayers owe the IRS. Over the past 11 years, I've realized that...

When taxpayers don't meet their tax obligations the IRS charges penalties. The reasons range from not filing on time to not providing...

One of the nice things about being self-employed is the flexibility you have. But with this newfound freedom, there is more paperwork. As...

It used to take taxpayers a long time to access their tax records from the IRS. Now the IRS has several online tools to make IRS...

A tax transcript is the raw version of your financial story that the IRS has on record. Your tax return is your interpretation of what...

Just because your spouse is in trouble with the IRS does not mean that you have to go down with them. Two common forms of relief the IRS...

Have you ever heard of a couple getting in legal trouble due to back taxes? Maybe you remember the summer of 2013. When the Real...