The Department of Homeland Security has announced a new initiative regarding discretion on a case by case basis with younger illegal immigrants. Many illegal immigrants are brought over as children and live the lives of immigrants even though many of them have spent their entire lives in the United States, in some cases, even graduating […]

Our offices will be closed in observance of the holiday Monday, May 28th. We would like to wish everyone a safe happy Memorial Day Weekend!

A man, Todd P. Halpern, in New Jersey was charged with one count of tax fraud and one count of identify theft.  He was arrested at his home by agents of the FBI and IRS, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman’s office. Halpern prepared and filed 657 fraudulent federal income tax returns with the […]

The results are in!  The winners of the second annual St. Patrick’s Day Tax Filing Contest are as follows: Bank Funded Returns: 1st. Place:  Farrell’s Tax & Services, LLC  ($250 and a FD Laptop bag) 2nd place: Friendly Tax Service (FD Laptop bag) Honorable Mention: RGS Tax Services, St. Louis Tax Service, Maydelin Martell Agency […]

Expect more undercover IRS secret shoppers and undercover office visits.  In light of a recent incident involving a volunteer preparer, these visits will be increasing in numbers.  These visits are designed to unsure compliance with the IRS regulations, and almost everyone knows about them.  The recent incident regards a volunteer tax preparer who told a […]