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Eva Rosenberg, MBA, EA, is the publisher of TaxMama.com, and author of the weekly syndicated Ask TaxMama column. She provides answers to tax questions from taxpayers and tax professionals worldwide.

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May
16
The President Fires IRS Acting Commissioner over Audits of Conservatives
President Obama acted quickly upon accusations of targeted audits against conservatives, to cut off the 'acting' head of the IRS – who had nothing to do with these actions.
Oct
16
The Mystery of the Shifting ID Numbers
Although, coincidentally, both of these cases are related to household employees; the issues really have nothing to do with Schedule H.
Oct
03
Whose SSN is Your Client Using?
Recently, someone had a question on a Facebook tax forum. Her client’s wages were being garnished by the IRS. No one would help her – not the IRS, not the Taxpayer Advocate Service, no one. Why?
Aug
29
Air, Sea, and Below the Surface
Preparing the material for a Foreign Tax workshop at Intuit this week, I made a rather startling discovery. A foreign country, for tax purposes isn’t quite what I always took for granted.
Aug
29
Air, Sea, and Below the Surface
Preparing the material for a Foreign Tax workshop at Intuit this week, I made a rather startling discovery. A foreign country, for tax purposes isn’t quite what I always took for granted. Take a look at some of the things I ran across:
Aug
22
Will Provisional RTRPs Be Able to Meet the Compliance Deadline?
At the IRS Tax Forum earlier this month and in a variety of other IRS sessions online and off, IRS revealed that very few people have actually taken the new Registered Ta
Feb
10
A Day In Tax Court
People, hearing the word tax, sometimes turn around and walk away from me. Just the idea of taxes frightens them so! It is a daunting subject. Especially when you are having problems with the tax system, yourself.
Jan
24
Mitt And Newt – What Can We Learn For Our Clients?
The big news is that Mitt Romney released his tax returns today. Whoopee!
Jan
19
Running a Tax Practice – Easy or Hard
I always hear how stressful it is to run a tax practice. Before I jumped into my own full-time practice, that just seemed like utter nonsense. After all, if you set the ground-rules and adhere to them, your practice should run smoothly.
Dec
15
The New Palindrome - OPR-RPO
Did you attend IRS's webinar yesterday about the new structure in the Office Of Professional Responsibility, headed by Karen Hawkins and the NEW Return Preparer Office, headed by Dave Williams?

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