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Hurricanes Wash Up Scammers

Help your clients avoid disaster scams. The IRS provides tips to identify fake charities and protect personal information during hurricane relief efforts.

Tax Season Bites: Pairing Food with Financial Crunch

The lead-up to the extension deadline – that exhilarating time when spreadsheets multiply like rabbits, and coffee becomes your muse. Amidst the hustle, why not add some flavor to your…

October 15 Deadline for Extended Individual Filings

Individual taxpayers who filed for an extension for 2023 income tax returns have just one week left to timely file their returns. Practitioners assisting such taxpayers making it through this…

Discover What Makes Fall Tax School Unique and Essential

It’s my favorite time of year – harvest is underway, autumn brings cooler weather and changing leaves, and Fall Tax School is just around the corner. So, I thought I’d…

Applying the Updated WISP Requirements

The requirement for tax preparation firms to have a written information security plan, or WISP, is not new. The requirement arose from the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), enacted 25 years ago….

Unpacking the §45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit

Because of tax credits created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for clean fuel production, some farmers may in the near future receive a higher price for selling crops to renewable fuel…

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