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His? Hers? Whose Name is Usually First on Joint Income Tax Returns?

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Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Does the order of names on your joint federal income tax return reveal significant things about you and your partner? A recent study suggests the answer could be yes—that tax return name order may hold some clues about social norms and beliefs. By Kelley R.

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Partnership Income Tax Returns & More Skagit County IRS Targets

SkagitCountyTaxServices

The IRS will be focused less on working-class taxpayers and increasingly toward high-income individuals and corporations. Because these groups have seen sharp drops in audit rates during the past decade. In response, the IRS is gearing up to audit the most serious cases of potential FBAR non-filers in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2024.

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IRS Promises Fewer Audits of EITC Claims

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Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) IRS audits raise anxiety for many taxpayers. What can be even more frustrating is when those examinations seem unevenly targeted to taxpayers with lower incomes. That’s been the case with the earned income tax credit (EITC), which has been the subject of recent controversy. (A

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S Corporations and State Income Taxes

Cherry Bekaert

S corporations are corporations that elect to pass corporate income, losses, deductions and credits through to their shareholders for federal tax purposes. Shareholders of S corporations report the flow-through of income and losses on their personal tax returns and are assessed at their individual income tax rates.

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Las Vegas Restaurateur Bamboozled His Accountant Into Filing Phony Tax Returns

Going Concern

Today in clients behaving badly, the DoJ announced Friday that Las Vegas restaurateur Raul Gil, who owns and operates three Casa Don Juan restaurants in the city, is headed to prison for 37 months for evading his federal income taxes. In total, Gil caused a tax loss to the IRS of approximately $1.6

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FTB Audit Representation by California State Taxing Authority

MyIRSRelief

In case you were not aware of what the FTB is, it is the California board that is responsible for collecting all of the personal income tax and business franchise taxes that are assessed every year for people and companies in California. The board uses several methods to collect owed taxes.

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IRS Promises Fewer Audits of EITC Claims

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Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) IRS audits raise anxiety for many taxpayers. What can be even more frustrating is when those examinations seem unevenly targeted to taxpayers with lower incomes. That’s been the case with the earned income tax credit (EITC), which has been the subject of recent controversy. (A

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