We have had a number of clients contact the office because they have not received their stimulus checks. Fortunately, all they need to do is go to this IRS website and hit the “Get My Payment” button and they can check their status themselves. Unfortunately, we cannot do any more for them than that, so […]
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People ask about the status of their stimulus checks. the best thing they can do is check the IRS website. However, there are a number of reasons why a Taxpayer who would otherwise be entitled to a stimulus check may not have received it. I discuss some of these reasons in this video. I also
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President Trump signed his executive order which is billed as suspending immigration because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I discuss the Executive Order in some detail in this video. I am particularly interested in its impact on Husbands, Wives, Fiancees, Parents and Children of American citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents both in the United States and
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Today the President tweeted that he is suspending immigration to the United States. Putting aside the fact that it is simply a tweet, and thus meaningless by itself, immigration has been effectively suspended for the past month anyway. Neither the consulates or USCIS are conducting interviews, so we are pretty much at a dead stop.
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Every so often a client asks me why I want so much documentation concerning their dependents. The answer is because over half of all IRS audits involve tax credits that arise from claiming dependents (the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit, the Additional Child Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit, Head of
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We have passed the traditional end of “tax season”, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tax filing deadline has been extended to July 15. Fortunately, we are open year round and provide tax services year round. Rarely is there a month in which at least one person does not come in to file taxes.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been disruptive to the treatment of our injured clients. While there is never a good time to get into a motor vehicle collision, getting into a car or truck accident right before all of the physical therapy and chiropractic clinics are abruptly shut down because of the Corona virus is a
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I was pleased to be ask by the Khmer Post USA to write a series of articles on deportation issues. Since the focus of these articles is on the Cambodian Community, they relate to deportation after a Final Order of Removal (“Deportation Order”) has entered. The current controversy involves the physical removal to Cambodia of
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