Hey on the surface this sounds like more unamerican tactics, tax everyone for everything, including air and email! But read the article before you judge too harshly; the initiator actually makes some good points and if it will make huge bulk emails and spam more expensive, maybe it is at least worth a look (look how much we pay for malware and anti-spam software and how much time we spend deleting useless emails!) This article is in the Los Angeles Times by George Skelton:http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-email-tax-20130325,0,5546351.columnMaybe this is a little extreme, but California (not me) just agreed to tax the entire state additional sales and income tax to balance a budget that should have been balanced to begin with, so what else is new.Remember, for financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com
CPA Tax Musings: New York Attorney General Warns about Tax Preparers
In this article in AccountingToday by Michael Cohn, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman warns taxpayers to beware of tax preparers who steal identities and stage other cons on their clients:http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/New-York-Attorney-General-Warns-Tax-Preparers-66099-1.html?ET=webcpa:e6841:204199a:&st=emailYou should be able to have a preparer you can trust, so if you don’t, call or email me and we can talk.Remember, for financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com
CPA Tax Musings: IRS Lifts Veil on Star Trek and Gilligan’s Island Videos
Who knew that Mr. Spock and Mary Anne were related? Oh well, the IRS finally released the Star Trek and Gilligan’s Island videos and admitted the $60,000 spent on them could have been put to better use. See this article in AccountingToday by Michael Cohn for the scoop:http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/IRS-Lifts-Veil-Star-Trek-Gilligans-Island-Videos-66142-1.htmlBoy I am surprised TMZ didn’t get the videos first (CBS filed a request under the Freedom of Imformation Act and they were released; why didn’t Congress think of that?) Remember, for financial, accounting and tax musings,You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com