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IRS in Retreat from Communities

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Disappearing brick-and-mortar offices undermine voluntary compliance, raising IRS costs.

By Rick Telberg
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In case you haven’t noticed, the Internal Revenue Service has been retreating from local communities.

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Today it has outreach offices in only 33 states and the District of Columbia. Private sector tax preparers are about as close to the IRS as most taxpayers can get.

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Military Personnel Face New Battles at Home: The IRS

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Tax professionals have a special duty to help. 

By Rick Telberg
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“Thank you for your service” isn’t enough.

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Active duty service members have plenty to worry about. In addition to the MREs, IEDs, and RPGs, there’s the IRS. Like all American workers, military personnel, including those in combat zones, have to pay taxes, but calculating what they owe can be as complicated as patrolling the streets of Mosul. A good tax preparer might be able to help these 2.1 million active duty, Reserve, and National Guard, but it takes a little extra training.

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As New Economy Surges, IRS Falls Further Behind

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IRS caught unprepared for the tectonic shift in the income-tax landscape.

By Rick Telberg
CPA Trendlines

The gig economy is big and getting bigger. It’s service providers are making real money, but they’re often as lost as an Uber driver with a dead phone.

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The gig economy, also known as the sharing economy, is that market of “collaborative consumption” typified by Uber, Lyft, AirBnB, Etsy, TaskRabbit, and many others. Such services are typically coordinated by a website that links customers with service providers, yielding a good deal all around: somebody gets a cut-rate service, and somebody gets the flexibility of part-time self-employment.

But that latter somebody might need somebody else to advise them on tax compliance. READ MORE →