What to concentrate on; Ready Return rejection; cases dismissed; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
Wasting no time
- John R. Dundon II EA (http://johnrdundon.com/): The IRS Service Center in Ogden, Utah, was among the first this season to get e-dinged.
- Taxing Subjects (https://www.drakesoftware.com/blog): Mere hours into the season and crooks are already trying to make life miserable. The IRS warns that ID thieves are posing as service agents in a range of scam calls.
- AICPA Insights (https://www.aicpa.org/blog): New season, but same pandemic fallout, IRS service woes and endless talk of potential legislation. Cutting through that noise, here are some of the big-ticket items you need to think about first, from child credits to crypto.
- Avalara (https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america.html): How will the metaverse be taxed?
- Boyum & Barenscheer (https://www.myboyum.com/blog/): Maybe your nonprofit clients have put major purchases and other ambitious initiatives on hold during the pandemic. Here’s why they may not want to wait any longer.
- Henry+Horne (https://www.hhcpa.com/blogs/): What to remind them about why — or why not — to file a 2021 return.
Faster than a speeding backlog
- The Wandering Tax Pro (http://wanderingtaxpro.blogspot.com/): Favorite headline of the week: “Paper is the IRS kryptonite.”
- Mauled Again (http://mauledagain.blogspot.com/: Asks a Yahoo story, another defense of the Ready Return concept, “The IRS already has all your income tax…
