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Tax season may be over, but the scamming season has just begun.  The NY State Department of Taxation has issued a warning to be on the look out for phony tax collection letters that have recently made the rounds.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo said: “This tax season, New Yorkers should be wary of misleading collection notices… Continue reading

By Benjamin K. Brenner, President President Obama–through Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew–forced acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller to tender his resignation today following the recent disclosure that the IRS actively and unfairly targeted conservative and Tea Party groups applying for tax exempt status; a gross violation of a government body that is supposed to be above… Continue reading

Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller stated recently, that taxpayers will soon start feeling the effects of the Sequester now that the tax season has ended.  Deep cuts to IRS Staffing will impact taxpayers calling the IRS, as well as the agency’s ability to combat fraud and collect tax revenues. Treasury secretary Jacob Lew also chimed… Continue reading

Acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller recently sat before a congressional panel and hinted that the best way to combat the explosion of tax fraud may be to either delay the tax filing season, or wait to release all refunds until after the filing season concludes on April 15th. The reasoning goes something like this:  The… Continue reading

The IRS’ new “Modernized E-File Production (MeP) & Assurance Testing Systems” have been experiencing retrieval errors this past week.  The IRS issued the following statement on their website: ETIN Retrieval Errors (Posted 2:00 pm, Eastern on 4/12/2013) The Modernized e-File Production and Assurance Testing Systems are experiencing an issue with ETIN Retrieval errors that started around… Continue reading

As the April 15th Deadline rapidly approaches, there are still hundreds of thousands of taxpayers expected to file the final week of the tax season.  The late start to the tax season and the fact that we are getting reports from clients that they still have not received all their tax documentation in order to… Continue reading

The following short video reviews some important information and common mistakes that taxpayers often make which can subject their tax returns to an Audit:   For more information, please contact an R&G Brenner Tax Professional today! Source: CBS

The IRS currently has $917 Million for clients in unclaimed refunds for taxpayers just like you, that have not filed a 2009 tax return.  If these returns are not filed by the April, 15th deadline, your money then becomes the property of the U.S. treasury.  The most common reason for not filing a tax return… Continue reading

As many taxpayers now know, this tax season has been anything but a walk in the park. The irresponsible last minute negotiations of our elected officials saved us from going over the fiscal cliff, but it also delayed the filing season by two weeks–the latest start to the tax season in history.  Even with the… Continue reading