The official deadline for electronically filing 2010 individual tax returns has been extended from October 15th to October 17th. This date coincides with the due date for your clients that filed an extension request earlier in the year. The reason for the extension was due to the 15th falling on a weekend. If you are […]

Tax Preparers will have to complete 15 hours of continuing education starting in 2012.  These 15 hours will be broken down into 10 hours of federal tax law topics, 3 hours of tax law updates, and 2 hours on ethics.  Courses will be provided by numerous IRS approved organizations, and Federal Direct will provide these […]

Planning on attending the Atlanta, GA IRS tax forum?  Be sure to let your Account rep know.  We would love the opportunity to meet with you face to face and chat about the past season and discuss strategies for the coming year.  The Altanta, GA IRS forum is scheduled for June 28th -30th, and is […]

Notice of charges for a Cease and Desist and order of hearings were issued to Republic Bank on February 9th.  Republic Bank is the bank used by Jackson Hewitt and Liberty Tax Services to provide their refund anticipation loan products for this tax season.  This order by the FDIC indicated the intent of governing bodies […]

We are currently experiencing a winter storm which is dropping 3+ inches of ice on our roads and then the snow is scheduled to start after that!  We have pushed the start of business back to 10AM Eastern for our support center and will keep everyone posted on shortened hours of operation as the storm […]