This is a short episode to provide some highlights on the 2020 tax return that not everyone may be aware of. While I covered some of these items in past episodes, I thought the hig...

This episode details the return of the U.S. Tax Court for hearings in Kansas City, Missouri, and Wichita, Kansas in February 2021.  Tune in to hear about remote proceedings, feedba...

The child tax credit is again in the news because of potential increases by Congress. On this episode, I look at the history and the requirements.   I also look at how the credit i...

This episode focuses on the current state of affairs in working with IRS Collections and Enforcement. The issues with the IRS customer service are making it difficult to represent ...

While I identified on a previous episode changes that the IRS is making for submissions of power of attorney forms, that still does not change how the IRS processes those forms. Th...

The tax season now starts February 12!   In looking at a crash course in taxes, I decided the easiest way to talk with someone about several concepts was to review the form 1040. I...

In looking at a crash course in taxes, I decided the easiest way to talk with someone about several concepts was to review the form 1040. In part one, I will go through the first p...

I am sure many of you have benefited from the economic impact payments (also called stimulus payments). In past episodes, I discussed different people who should have received thos...

Well, 2020 was a wild year. What will 2021 bring? I am not going to try to predict the coming year. After all, who could have predicted the pandemic for 2020? I am going to talk a ...