WIth more and more e-filing each year, can we put the post office out of business? Many people no longer mail their returns or even their extensions. Now everything is going to e-file. Here is an article by Daniel Hood in Accounting TOdaykind of wishing for the good old days with the dog and pony show at the post office, and worrying about more post office branches being closed because less people are mailing anything:http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/tax-IRS-Farley-post-office-april-deadline-filing-62412-1.htmlCome on people, buy something on Amazon that can be mailed through the post office.Remember, You can count on us to count for you!
Brian’s Tax Musings – The Biggest Player in the Lobbist Field
Who is the real elephant in the lobbyist roon? The answer may surprise you. See this article in CFO from The Economist by the Economist Staff about the CHamber of Commerce of the USA and its power:http://www3.cfo.com/article/2012/4/regulation_corporate-lobbying-chamber-of-commerceRemember, You can count on us to count for you!
Brian’s Tax Musings – Don’t forget the Pot sales on your taxes
If you prepare tax returns for a living, remember you have to put all illegal sources of income down or you are guilty of filing false tax retuns.See this article in Accounting Today by Michale Cohn regarding an Alaska tax preparer whose tax client sold Marijuana. Apparently the tax preparer was so popular other drug dealers had her prepare there returns too (she was getting them the earned income credit, since they had little other income besides drug dealing.)Anyway here is the article:http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Tax-Preparer-Omitted-Marijuana-Sales-Returns-62368-1.html?ET=webcpa:e2403:204199a:&st=emailRemember, You can count on us to count for you!