Brian’s Tax Musings – Yes You Do Have To Pay Your Taxes

About this time every year people come out of the woodwork and say there is no law that says you have to pay taxes.  Well see this article by Tom Herman in The Wall Street Journal, then pay your taxes.  At least you have 2 extra days this year until April 17 (Good Old Emancipation Day). Here is the link to the article:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304724404577291654280815924.htmlRemember, You can count on us to count for you! 

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Brian’s Tax Musings – H & R Block Employee Stealing Customer Data

Saw this article in Accounting Today where an H & R Block Manager in Van Nuys used previous tax client data to prepare fraudulent tax returns and use H & R Block debit refund cards to take almost $10,000 in cash from them (there si probably more.)  While you can’t directly blame Block directly, there is obviously a breakdown in their internal procedures and security when something like this happens.Here is the article by Michael Cohn:http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/HR-Block-Manager-Arrested-Identity-Theft-Tax-Clients-62102-1.html?ET=webcpa:e2337:204199a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WebCPA_Daily_032612Sometimes it is better to be small working with people you trust.Remember, You can count on us to count for you! 

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