50 Reasons to Call
You know, although your return may have been taken care of, tax planning is really a year-long job. I like to keep myself up to date on life changes that may affect your taxes. These changes may impact your preparedness for next year's return. Call now and avoid last minute catastrophes.
- Added someone to title on your home
- Adopted a child
- Begain mutual fund investing
- Begame disabled
- Began using a car for business
- Bought a house
- Bought a rental
- Cashed an IRA
- Cashed in EE Bonds
- Changed jobs
- Changed your address
- Collected unemployment
- Exercised a stock option
- Got a big raise or bonus
- Got married or divorced
- Got your child a job
- Had a child
- Helped the kids buy a house
- Inherited an IRA or pension
- Inherited money
- Let a friend move into a rental
- Let spouse use the busines car
- Opened an account for a child
- Opened a retirement account
- Paid alimony
- Reached age 59
- Reached age 70
- Received a director's fee
- Received alimony
- Refinanced your home
- Remodeled a rental
- Remodeled your home
- Retired
- Sent your child to college
- Served as a paid executor
- Sold a rental
- Sold stock or securities
- Sold your business car
- Sold your house
- Staraedt receiving social security
- Started a living trust
- Started collecting a pension
- Started renting out your home
- Started telecommuting
- Thinking of starting a business
- Won a lawsuit
- Won a prize
- Won big at the track or casino
- Won the lottery
- Got confused and needed someone to talk with
Articles
Problems confronting you:
- I don't have a lot of money.
- I want fast service.
- No baloney, just the facts.
- I'm doing my taxes and/or bookkeeping and I hate it!
- I need someone to respond to me, like yesterday, because now I'm in way over my head.
- I'm afraid of the I.R.S.
- I've probably been cheating myself for years and now I can't sleep at night.
- The last time I paid for tax preparation I paid too much (and felt like I'd gone through a production line).
- I'm frustrated because I think I should be able to figure this stuff out, but, my God, I've got a life and I feel like I'm wasting it doing this.
- I've got a small but growing business, but I won't yet commit to getting a paid, professional bookkeeper, so I have a mess to clean up. I watched the movie Dodgeball; that's how my records look.
Rights to representation
No law requires the taxpayer to speak voluntarily to an I.R.S. employee. Section 7602 of the Internal Revenue code does authorize certain I.R.S. employees to summon proper persons to appear at a certain time and place to give material or relevant testimony under oath. The date fixed for appearance for the I.R.S. official may not be less than 10 days from the date of the summons.
If contacted by an I.R.S. employee, taxpayers should clearly state they want to consult with an EA, CPA or attorney before speaking as contemplated by the safeguards contained in seciton 7521 of the Internal Revenue code.
