Posted by taxguru on April 19, 2012
This is a funny clip from a recent episode of Raising Hope, where a small business owner scrambles to get all of his receipts together for his corporate income tax return. It also includes a reference to how scary taxes are because even ass-kicker Wesley Snipes was thrown into prison by the International Revenue System.
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Posted by taxguru on April 19, 2012
As most people know, it is considered a bigger crime against society in this country to be a tax cheat than to be a murderer or drug dealer. I recently saw this funny scene in the Breaking Bad TV show, where the “full service” attorney instructs his drug dealer client on the importance of laundering his illegal drug money so as to keep on the IRS’s good side.
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Posted by taxguru on April 19, 2012
I was recently invited by Ed Lyon, one of the head honchos at TaxCoach, to be his co-host for the next Member Call-In webinar, on Wednesday, April 25. It’s not an actual phone call; but is run for about an hour with their webinar program over the internet, where the hosts actually speak and everyone else can type in questions and comments. If you are already a TaxCoach member, I hope you can join us next Wednesday. If you have been considering joining, now would be a good time to take that step. If you sign up before April 25, you will be able to take part in my Member Call-In appearance.
It’s been a while since I’ve discussed the benefits of the TaxCoach service. As with most programs of its kind, it has been benefiting from economies of scale. With its growing membership, they have been able to add many more useful features and updates at a much quicker pace than in past years.
They have also added a lot of additional higher cost services and features for tax practitioners who are interested in building up their client base that sound like they are well worth the money for those growing their practices. They are definitely a much wiser investment for adding new clients than the scam services that sell client referrals based on bait and switch tactics.
I know that their advice and strategies are solid because they are exactly what I did to build my practices back in California and here in Arkansas; speeches, seminars, newsletters and referrals. Their customizable seminar packages save a lot of preparation time.
I don’t run a lot of reports from it, but when I need to explain some tax saving strategies to clients, I find it the most efficient way to present that information to them.
Over the past several months, including during Tax Season, I have even been taking advantage of some other very useful TaxCoach services, weekly webinars – TaxCoach University and Member Call-In – that have been extremely informative as to how to best utilize the tools TaxCoach has available to all members; even those of us with the basic membership.
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Posted by taxguru on April 17, 2012
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Posted by taxguru on April 17, 2012
From The Late Show last week.
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Top Ten Signs Your Accountant Is Dumb
10. Your accountant is so dumb, he pronounces C.P.A. ‘Kuh-Pah’ (Andrew Rubin)
9. Your accountant is so dumb, to file returns electronically, he ships his computer to the IRS (Lou Defalco)
8. Your accountant is so dumb, she rounded up your 1099 Form to an 1100 Form (Adele Valenzuela)
7. Your accountant is so dumb, he went into ‘Tax Accounting’ thinking he’d get to stuff dead animals (Lou Demars)
6. Your accountant is so dumb, he has Wite-Out for lunch and covers mistakes with soup (Harvey Tanton)
5. Your accountant is so dumb, instead of Form 888-H-AOC for supporting documents to prove American Opportunity Credit, he submits Form 886-H-FTHBC for First-Time Homebuyer Credits — What a moron! (Andrew Ross)
4. Your accountant is so dumb, he went into accounting to impress babes (Mark Morrow)
3. Your accountant is so dumb, she spells ‘Accountant’ with four C’s and a six (Ann Timney)
2. Your accountant is so dumb, he damages his credibility by appearing on this show (Richard Koenigsberg)
1. Your accountant is so dumb, he thinks the 1040-EZ Form is for sluts (Doug Cohen)
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Posted by taxguru on April 16, 2012
Repeal that infernal tax code – from Paul Greenberg
Rebuffing Obama’s gimmicky ‘Buffett Rule’ – from Dana Milbank
Obama’s second-term taxes – from Dick Morris
Americans Making Over $50,000 a Year Paid 93.3 Percent of All Taxes in 2010
IRS may be given the authority to restrict travel – Just what we need; even more unconstitutional power for IRS.
Obama, Like Buffett, Had Lower Tax Rate Than His Secretary
Buying ‘Buffett Rule’ makes you a fool – from Mark Steyn
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