We are getting closer to tax day with 20-something days on the countdown till April 18th. Have you gotten your ducks in a row yet?
Last week I sat down with Russ & Sully from the Big Biz Show to share the top four tax help tips for 2011. If you happened to miss the show, here’s the scoop:
Tax Help Tip #1: Severance & Unemployment are Taxable. Many people don’t realize
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Last week I appeared on the Big Biz Show to continue the Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown with Russ & Sully to talk about the 7 top things business owners must know about payroll tax problems.
The IRS assigns a much higher priority to the collection of payroll taxes mainly because at the end of the year, most employees can claim the taxes deducted on their W-2s as a credit and
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As the Tax Day Countdown series continues on the Big Biz Show, don’t miss tomorrow’s segment on the 7 Things small business owners should know about payroll tax problems! It will air at 1:10pm PST.
As the tax day quickly approaches, are you prepared as a small business owner to own your tax returns? Are there things about payroll taxes that you may not know about? Oftentimes, what you don’t
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Armed with a large federal budget and under pressure to close the whopping $345 billion tax deficit, the IRS has increased audits by 11% last year-targeting both consumers and business owners.
Last week I sat down on the Big Biz Show to continue the Tax Day Countdown and to share some top red flags that trigger IRS audits. So here are some things to watch out for:

Hire a professional. On average,
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As I continue my weekly appearances on the Big Biz Show for the Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown, I sat down last week for a chat about the latest IRS announcement to offer tax relief for struggling consumers by making changes to the lien process.
We’ve heard this before: the IRS is kinder and gentler by promising to speed up tax relief for homeowners who are looking to refinance (2008) and
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Recently the IRS announced its new efforts to help struggling consumers by making changes to the lien process that are meant to give people “a break.”
But what does that really mean? Are consumers really going to have an easier time financially now that the IRS adjusted their lien process? You may be asking yourself: wait, aren’t the IRS supposed to be going after my money and not helping me? Is
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Last week I appeared on the Big Biz Show to continue my Tax Day Countdown advice. This time, we focused on top tax help tips for the self-employed.
Filing tax returns for the self-employed can get complicated. Independent contractors and small business owners must be extra careful about claiming deductions on their tax returns to avoid IRS problems. Oftentimes, claiming too many deductions will raise the IRS red flag for an
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With Tax Day quickly approaching, struggling consumers who can’t pay their IRS bills come April 18th will need to know their rights and how to get effective tax help. I will be returning as a weekly guest on the nationally syndicated radio/TV program The Big Biz Show to help educate consumers on tax problem resolution strategies that will help the public resolve their IRS difficulties.
As you may already have read
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Recently, I appeared on the Big Biz Show with Russ and Sully to continue my Tax Day Countdown with what I call the “IRS Dirty Dozen”–which is a list of tax frauds that the IRS is looking to catch and penalize for.
You may have heard of some of these in the past or on the news; taxpayers and tax preparers are getting themselves in some serious trouble by trying to
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Just wanted to let you know there’s been a time change for my appearance today on the Big Biz Show .Â
Tune in today at 12:40 pm PST for tax help tips for the self employed.  There are some important changes to the 2010 tax returns for self-employed taxpayers so if you have your own business or you are an independent contractor, you definitely don’t want to miss out on this show.
For
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Tax season is here full-throttle and you know what that means? The IRS is geared up and ready with its record-high budget to come after taxpayers like you.
Tune in tomorrow, [NOTE updated time] February 23rd at 12:40pm PST to the Big Biz Show when I will be continuing my Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown series to share some expert tax tips on how to avoid IRS problems if you’re an
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Earlier this week, I kicked off the Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown with Russ and Sully on the Big Biz Show by talking about celebrity tax woes and what we can learn from them.
Unlike what the tabloids may suggest, celebrities don’t get better or worse treatment from the IRS than regular Joe Six-Packs. But what IS different is that the IRS leverages the celebrity of the name as a deterrent
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Wake up consumers, it’s now February! That means you’ve got less than 70 days till THE tax day–you ready? While this year the tax deadline is April 18th instead of the usual 15th (Emancipation holiday in Washington D.C), that doesn’t mean you really have “more time” to get your ducks in a row.
This is why I am happy to return to the Big Biz Show this year with the Tax
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It’s that time of the year again! Tax day is fast approaching and for those who like to procrastinate, this show is for you.
Like I did last year,  I will be appearing regularly on the Big Biz Show from now until tax day to dish the hottest and most pertinent tax help tips to consumers all across America. The Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown is kicking off this upcoming Wednesday,
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I recently appeared on the Big Biz Show to discuss the new IRS enforcement initiatives for 2010 and the the post-April 15th tax developments Americans should be aware of! Though April 15th has come and gone, the IRS does not cease its operations. In fact, the first wave of collections for taxpayers who did not pay their returns in full is just around the corner!
Keep in mind that the
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