February 23, 2015
Skylar Dubrow, CPA
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As I’m sure you’ve heard me say before, it’s a good idea to check the accuracy of those tax statements you receive in the mail.
Well, on Friday the 20th (Friday afternoon being the perfect time for dumping this junk into the media), those of us who were paying attention found out that almost 1 million taxpayers who purchased Obamacare health insurance (the Affordable Care Act) don’t have to bother —
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2015Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
The tax world was roiling late last week over some fraud detected from within TurboTax.
Here is the story: http://onforb.es/1DNkQot
Essentially, the makers of the software detected a level of fraud occurring in state tax return submissions that made them decide to completely shut down submission of those returns for a period of time. Eventually, they determined that the apparent source of the fraud was outside of their system,
Read MoreFebruary 2, 2015Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
We’re knee-deep in tax forms and legal documentation this week (with a nice little dash of healthcare forms thrown in, new for this year). Our families miss us (though apparently, according to the commercial last night, all will be forgiven if I purchase my child a Nissan Maxima), and we’re still in the first quarter of OUR yearly Super Bowl.
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2015Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
For us here at The Dubrow Group, CPA’s … well, things are heating up. Tax documents are trickling out (organizations have until Monday, Feb. 2 to send everything your way), electronic filing of returns became possible last week (we’ve already filed more than a few!) … and our phone has begun to ring with regularity [(818) 889-7285 in case you need it].
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2015Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
Now is around the time when things begin to really crank for us around here. It’s the week which the IRS is opening up actual e-filing (as of Tuesday, the 20th), and many people have received all of their paperwork necessary for completing their returns.
But there’s also a temptation that I hope you’ll resist. Sadly, my writing this could easily be seen as self-serving,
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2015Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
What happened last week in Paris was a horror show for those of us living in an ostensibly free society. Outrage, shock, argument — all of these things have been roiling through the last week, as we’ve watched. I’m sure you felt similar.
And, well, life has a tendency to keep on pulling us along, even as we attempt to process such things.
Read MoreDecember 17, 2014Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
As much of the nation and world has been enjoying this holiday season, my team and I have been preparing for a season of a different kind — TAX season.
And sure, we’ve certainly been pausing to meditate on the beauty of THIS season, but it just so happens to always coincide at the dawn of our busiest time of the year.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2014Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
December is officially with us. It’s cold. And time is running out.
By that I mean that we are ONE MONTH away from year-end. That’s one month away from doing anything positive to affect your tax burden (with the exception of IRA contributions and a few other various back-dating strategies that are allowed).
So here’s a quick and dirty tax plan:
1) Unless your income has radically changed this year (in which case we should probably talk),
Read MoreNovember 24, 2014Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
Activity is relatively slow around here this week, and it always puts me in a meditative mood. Thanksgiving is nice because it’s not quite yet the “calm before the storm” which the December holidays represent (right before tax season, as they are). This is a week when I get to gear up … but I do so by looking back.
Read MoreNovember 10, 2014Skylar Dubrow, CPABlog
Well, after the midterm election results have settled for a while, I promised I would pipe in with my thoughts about what this means for tax policy moving forward. Here they are:
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Yes, you read that right.
Despite what may seem like a fundamental shift in the makeup of Congress (the Republicans taking over control of the Senate) and the questions I’ve been asked of late that seem to imply that it will,
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