
Jeff Stimpson
Freelance writerJeff Stimpson is a veteran freelance journalist who previously served as editor of The Practical Accountant.

Jeff Stimpson is a veteran freelance journalist who previously served as editor of The Practical Accountant.
Security concerns could keep the data tool down for weeks.
The tax prep chain credits its marketing and fast refunds.
Tax attorneys who didn’t file, 19 suspended preparers in Maryland, and other highlights of recent tax fraud cases.
They also helped clients get $4.3 million in refunds.
The IRS has announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning April 1.
The future of the estate tax; tax prep in the gig economy; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
A California tax prep office is robbed, plus our weekly roundup of tax fraud cases.
Ranking state taxes; Schedule M-2 spreadsheets; corporate income tax with no physical presence; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
The tax prep chain has partnered with consumer financial resources company NerdWallet to help taxpayers save for their futures.
Budgetary constraints contributed to the continuing decline in caseload.
Public information from approved applications for tax exemption is available electronically for the first time.
Taxpayers with income from farming or fishing have until Wednesday to file their 2016 Form 1040 and pay the tax due.
Fraudster faces charges for soliciting taxpayer info for false returns, plus other highlights of other recent cases.
In this time of great upheaval in our nation’s history, find peace in the things that remain constant—one of them being that someone will always try to use taxes to steal money.
ACA penalties; helping with OICs; tax policy under an anti-policy president; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
Every preparer wants to know what their clients think. The trick is how to find out.
Taxpayers often have radically different opinions of the Internal Revenue Service than tax professionals — which offers practitioners some opportunities.
The Internal Revenue Service is putting out the word on how to beat the tax-filing crowd right after Presidents Day—one of the agency’s busiest times of the year.
Fake children and other highlights of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.
Teens from Florida, Michigan and Texas each received $20,000 college scholarships from the tax prep chain's recent Budget Challenge high school competition.