Non-practice Ownership Enrolled Agent Career Paths
Introduction The reality of our modern corporate world is that moonlighting is growing at a rate three times faster than the traditional workforce with no signs of slowing down.i Moonli... Dannie Lynn Fountain, EA
Story of a Worker Classification Case
A potential new client strolled into our office in July 2019 dropping an inch-thick packet of letters from our good friends at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) onto our conference room table. The resulting dull t... John A. Mitchell, EA
Success or Failure at the IRS: What Will Make the Difference?
For the first time, Congress has provided substantial long-term funding for the IRS. The unprecedented rebuilding program, which includes $80 billion of IRS funding over 10 years under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA, P.L. 117-... Charles O. Rossotti
Can a Taxpayer Deduct Payments if no Form 1099 Is Issued?
The United States Tax Court recently took up an interesting case which, on its surface, seems a run-of-the-mill case (it is a memorandum decision). However, it has some interesting perspectives related to documentation of payments to contract... Thomas Gorczynski, EA, USTCP
Excluding Medicare Waiver Payments from Income
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided guidance on the tax treatment of certain payments to individual care providers for the care of eligible individuals under a state Medicaid waiver program in IRS Notice 2014-7.i The prog... Laurie W. Ziegler, EA
Anti-Money Laundering: A Primer
The Problem Despite the prevalence of credit and debit cards, Cash App, and Venmo, cash still is, in many circles, king (or queen). As of November 11, 2020, there was US$2.01 trillion in circulation.Ellie Nava-Jones, EA