Tax Guru – Ker$tetter Letter

Gail Buckner Tackles The New Tax Law

Lawyer’s attempt to stop taxes for blacks fails

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TO HALT ALLEGED TAX SCAM. Complaint Alleges that Wheat Ridge, Colorado Man Claims to Exempt Customers From Federal Taxation

Tax Professionals to Send Certain Tax Returns to Different IRS Centers Than Last Year – This is becoming an annual shuffling of addresses.

TIGTA Report Draws Strong Rebuttal From Taxpayer Advocate

Taxpayer Advocate Olson Finds Fault With Offer-in-Compromise Program

GOP Continues to Inch Toward Tax Code Overhaul

Most people still consider accounting to be a dull profession, with no room for creativity.

As busy as I am working on tax returns for the October 15 deadline, I have no idea when I will be able to write up my analysis of the recently passed tax law that extends many of the soon to expire provisions of the 2001 tax cut law. In the meantime, CCH has a nice summary in pdf format.

Intuit Unveils Simplified Software for Small Businesses – I have ordered a demo CD of this new program and will write an article on my feelings about its practicality as soon as I receive it and have a chance to test it out. It sounds like a midpoint between Quicken and QuickBooks. The Basic QuickBooks program is cheap enough and easy to work with, so I’m skeptical as to whether another version is really necessary; but I will take it for a spin and post my report.