Tag: tax issues

By: Heather R Cunningham Over the past several years, tax-related identify and refund fraud has become much more prevalent.  Identity thieves file tax returns using stolen social security numbers and claim false refunds.  They often file electronically and early in the year before the IRS is able to verify the information being submitted, and before […]

By Bob Casmer By now almost everyone has either experienced for themselves, or heard stories about someone they know being the target of an identity theft or scam.  It is no surprise that as technology has evolved over the past several decades and our reliance upon computers and the internet to handle all phases of […]

by: Yvonne Chmielewski If you are a business owner, you have payroll taxes. As the Internal Revenue Service has intensified its payroll tax compliance program focusing on small businesses, it is not wise to take this responsibility lightly. What taxes should you pay? Every employer must account for federal income tax, federal and state unemployment […]

It’s not time to put your dollar bills into memory capsules yet, but the use of convertible virtual currencies — including the Bitcoin — appears to be on the upswing. In addition to announcements that Bitcoins will be accepted by some high-profile companies, such as Overstock.com, Microsoft, and PayPal, 80,000 other firms have reportedly jumped […]