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Why You Should Not Discard Your Form 1099-K

  If you get a Form 1099-K in 2013, don’t ignore it. The new form records payments received in 2012 by credit card companies or through third-party networks such as Amazon, PayPal, and Google. This added income reporting mechanism was


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How (Almost) Everyone Can Have a Roth IRA

  What’s the Benefit of a Roth IRA? The benefit of having a Roth IRA is that if the account is open for at least 5 years and the account owner is at least 59 1/2, then all of the


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4 Easy Ways for Taxpayers to Take the Hippocratic Oath

All Physicians must take the Hippocratic Oath.  This is an oath where they swear to practice ethically. Although there is some debate about the translation, the main theme is, ‘First, Do No Harm.’ All taxpayers need to take the Hippocratic


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6 Easy Steps to Navigate an IRS Audit and Save You (Tax) Money

1) Determine if this is an IRS Field, Office or Correspondence Audit With a Field Audit, the audit will be done at your place of business. Most taxpayers requests that the audit be moved and done at your CPA’s office.


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4 Reasons to Get IRS Form W-9

  1) Two Simple Questions That Taxpayers Will Need to Answer Carefully This Year Two simple questions were added to the income tax returns last year.  These were: “Did you make any payments in 2011 that would require you to


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