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Archive for April, 2009

Question: IRS 1040 forms & instructions?

This may seem like a dumb question but I don’t know anything about taxes. All of my tax stuff goes to my grandmas house & she brought the IRS 1040 forms & instructions, she always does my taxes for me. Since I got this book does that mean that she got my W2(not sure if that is what she fills out & sends in)?
So I dont need to do anything with the 1040?

Answer: No, it does not mean that.

The book is sent automatically to whatever address was indicated on the forms filed the previous year, even if there is no W-2.

PILOT CONSUMER TESTS:

By DANA LARSEN Pilot-Tribune Editor A tsunami of advertising is bombarding taxpayers this season to use online tax preparation services – including urgings from the IRS, which stands to save time and…

How to Complete and File a 1040EZ Tax Form : What is a W-2?

Protect your business assets — know the rules

Today’s litigious and highly complex business arena often requires more specialization than most small businesses are able to provide on their own. For example, employing part-time talent or subcontract workers on a project basis to leverage your own time and skills may be useful options, yet both require a sufficient understanding of human resource and labor laws. Given these realistic and not …

Employee/Subcontractor Classification Issues

Haverhill, No. Andover schools to close early; snowstorm to hit by noon

As a mid-winter storm bore down on the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire, some school districts have decided to dismiss school early while others will have a regular school day. Meanwhile, non-essential state workers are being urged to stay home while others may leave early, before the storm strikes sometime this morning or this afternoon.

Corrupt Caplan Possenti Shirdan Harris Use Sheriff Friend Sgt Muse Terrorize CPS Reform Activist

Question: how do I prepare my business for a texas sales, excise and use tax audit?

My small business has just been notified of an upcoming limited sales, excise and use tax audit. I need to know what records they are going to want to look at so I can be as prepared as possible!

Answer: Check you email, I sent you some info. This is EXACTLY what my company does–audit defense work. They will ask you what records they want and then they may want to review your records, so make sure they’re available if they’re in storage or whatever. Just go along with what they ask you. If you end up needing defense against an assessment, let me know.

Final Health Care Bill May Require Proof of Insurance on Tax Returns

As if U.S. tax forms aren’t complicated enough, Congress is expected to include in the final health care reform bill a requirement that nearly all Americans have health insurance and prove it on their tax returns or face a fine.

How To Survive a Tax Audit

Question: Do I need to send my Colorado State/County sales and use taxes in anymore?

I got a letter in the mail from the IRS saying that I, no longer needed to send in my State/county sales taxes. I am a small, home-based business owner and have a sales/use tax liscence. My taxes are normally due on the 20th this month, but I don’t want to find out it was some sort of scam and get penalized for it. I still have to pay my city taxes. The letter said there was a new bill passed by congress saying that I would no longer have to pay the state and county.

Answer: You got no such letter from the IRS. The IRS has nothing to do with state sales taxes and Congress has no power to control state sales taxes within the state.

This sounds like a prank or scam. Pay your taxes on time.

What were the biggest scams of ‘09?

The national Better Business Bureau has come up with the top 10 scams that attempted to separate Americans from their money in 2009.

Robert Morey’s National Mail Fraud: “Morey’s Official 1992 IRS Tax Return” #6