Tax preparation

Escorted to prison; going to Disneyland; FATCA conviction; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Beyond the politics of reform; unanswered questions about Opportunity Zones; the value of meetings; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Speedy time; embezzling from the dead; thousands in gold coins; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Social Security bump; what accountants do; no IRS taxpayer rights training; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Preparer for illegal aliens pleads; wheat tricks; Ace goes down; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Firms’ winter policies; SALT county by county; new forms and a potentially delayed season; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Surety you can’t be serious; Take Your Daughter to the Scam Day; God and tile work; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Hail Nexus Monday; startups using tax losses; advantages in the season’s choices; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Looking ahead to 2019, preparers share what they’re gearing up for.

Services, stock, shenanigans; fuel for fraud; Mo’ plea; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Reform 2.0 versus reality; a child’s taxes; tailoring EITC education; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Just enough false income; fraud from inside a sex-offender program; payroll perp; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Recovering the EITC; unwrapping sales tax; gambling losses and other natural disasters; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Crown capers; with a bullet; using the jailed; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Washington on the Bezos; the IRS and the collection statute of limitations; biz deductions and SALT; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

$3,000 per phony return; scam by the slice; siphoning the UAW; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Taxing refunds; billions in employment tax violations; school’s in, eventually; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Tax preparers identify the clients they never want to see again.

Software touch; $3.5 million scam; big woof; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Taxpayer Protection Act requires tax preparers to use their PTINs to file state returns and includes other measures to stop bad apples.