In the blogs: Real value – 1040 Tax Plus Services

By Admin

May 31, 2017

Reasons to focus on complicated returns; 529 Day; in memory and in thanks; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Real value

The Income Tax School (http://www.theincometaxschool.com/blog/): Here’s one you don’t think about much as you’re reaching for the Excedrin: “4 Reasons to Focus on Complicated Returns Next Tax Season.” Considerations include the competition of software to handle simple returns to the plain fact of making more money.
Intuit Proconnect (http://taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com/): Maybe you’ve heard a lot about value pricing and maybe you’d love to try that road to semi-riches. Here are seven steps to transition your firm, starting with “killing the timesheet.”
Procedurally Taxing (http://www.procedurallytaxing.com/): What appears to be a collection of follow-ups of recent posts is in fact a reminder that the most interesting parts of Net-posted writing often hide in the Comments.

Simply stated

Don’t Mess With Taxes (http://dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com/): We didn’t know that the last day of May was 529 Day, marked each year by a flurry of activity to get the word out about the college savings plans. Origins, overview (including state write-offs allowed in Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Montana and Pennsylvania) and, as often is the case with stuff about school, a stern reminder to follow the rules.
Taxjar (http://blog.taxjar.com/): June sales tax due dates.
Tax Girl (http://blogs.forbes.com/kellyphillipserb): This year’s sales tax holidays, state by state and including the back-to-school deals that will be on us before we know it.
Rubin on Tax (http://rubinontax.floridatax.com): The settlor’s intent has usually been the key item in guiding the administration of a trust. Florida, however, may have just put the beneficiary ahead of both the cart and the horse.
Philadelphia Estate and Tax Attorney Blog (http://frommtaxes.wordpress.com/): Pa. Tax Amnesty gives Keystone State taxpayers incentive until June 19 to settle their bills with Harrisburg.

Flipping

Backtaxeshelp (http://www.backtaxeshelp.com/tax-blog/): “Have you ever had that sinking feeling like you messed up on something big but it’s too late now to take it back?” Whether a client should amend a return.
HR Block (http://blogs.hrblock.com/): What to repair first to get the most out of house flipping.
TaxMama (http://taxmama.com): Mama helps those many out there who have questions about tax returns for entities they created but never used.
Summing It Up (http://blog.freedmaxick.com/summing-it-up): The Research and Development Tax Credit can be a plum for companies – but only if they get the paperwork right.
Federal Tax Crimes (http://federaltaxcrimes.blogspot.com/): Details of “yet another” offshore account conviction but with DOJ agreement of “No Sophisticated Means.”
Due Diligence (http://www.mahanyertl.com/mahanyertl/): In this week’s collection: “Crime Doesn’t Pay!…” or “What do you call a woman convicted four times of fraud?” (Well, “inmate” for the next 41 months.)

In gratitude and memory

Solutions for CPA Firm Leaders (http://ritakeller.com/blog/): “In Flanders fields the poppies blow/Between the crosses, row on row,/That mark our place; and in the sky/The larks, still bravely singing, fly/Scarce heard amid the guns below…”
Turbotax (http://Blog.turbotax.intuit.com): In honor of Memorial Day just passed, saving tips for troops, including cutting bills while home and cars are idle, prepaid cell phone plans, and entertainment and travel discounts.
Roth Co. (http://rothcpa.com/blog-index/): Joe Kristan makes his last post before Roth Co. joins Eide Bailly. Many thanks, Joe, for the years of effort and observation. Good luck in your new fields!