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
CPA Tax Musings: Congressman Demands IRS Release Star Trek Video
And don’t forget Gilligan’s Island! On the lighter side, the IRS has been filming video parodies for education and training for some time, supposedly to save money, but their production costs could have been over 4 million dollars last year. Congress wants an accounting and copies of these two videos but the IRS has been dragging their feet. See this AccountingToday report by Michael Cohn for the details:http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Congressman-Demands-IRS-Release-Star-Trek-Video-66117-1.html?ET=webcpa:e6845:204199a:&st=emailMany tax professionals I know (as well as myself) have constantly said the IRS needs to make more TV and radio announcements, but why not just give Congress what they want with explanations of why things were done the way they were? Are they hiding something? (Film budget overruns, for instance, something very unusual in the film industry (HAHA)).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