The Law Office of Louis S. Haskell offers low fees and speedy tax returns and refunds. However, if taxpayers look out for two specific letters, they can help themselves avoid delaying their refunds. Specifically, watch for the letter 6475 and letter 6419 to be mailed in January. Spotting these two letters can be critical to […]
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I recently recorded a 6-part video series on small businesses struggling through COVID-19 (videos attached). I have been helping individuals and small businesses in financial distress for over 30 years. The questions that clients are asking me are not new. Thanks to the CARES act and other stimulus programs, some of the answers are new.
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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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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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One of the advantages of being a lawyer as well as a tax preparer, is that I have the opportunity to clean up the messes that other tax preparers make. There are a number of things that tax preparers, and self filers as well do that trigger the IRS. When the letter from the IRS
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