Dear Family,
This morning, as I was searching for a good Mother’s Day graphic on my site, I came across an EA Exam provider running ads using taxmama as a subdomain of his website’s name. Of course, on his Contact page, you really have to drill to find any way to contact him. And the About page on his site doesn’t say anything about who runs the site. But with a little work, I found out who he is. The jerk is an EA as well as CFP! He should know better. I had to waste precious time this morning sending him a cease and desist notice, and notifying IRS and Prometric about the ethics violation.
GRRRR…it’s one thing when utter strangers do something like this. But when you are one of a dozen suppliers in a small industry, word will get around. All I will say is that it is one of the companies on the Prometic list of EA Exam study materials. At least he’s on there for now…
I must ask, how can someone who teaches ethics (Part 3 of the EA Exam), so blatantly and deliberately violate someone else’s trademark? Oh sure, we all make mistakes sometimes and inadvertantly do things that might seem unethical to someone who doesn’t understand the underlying circumstances. But how can you EVER use someone else’s business name in your advertisements without requesting permission? THAT is not a mistake!
Well, that’s my morning. How is yours going?
The house is filled with boxes. Another half ton or so of materials are due to arrive on Monday and Tuesday. (Poor, poor UPS man!) We start shipping to our students next week.
Did you know that this worldwide TaxMama empire is run out of my tiny, little house? Yup. This house was THE perfect size for just the two of us, when we bought it in 1994. It’s cozy, with a decent-sized back yard, bordered by lots of trees, shrubs, flowers and filled with a variety of wildlife. We never quite planned to run a full-blown business with in-house staff, computers, copiers, and ENDLESS BOXES filling up the place. Although, at times, it can get a bit cramped and significantly messy, it’s been a great idea.
When you run your business out of the house, you instantly get off the grid as a polluter – no petroleum emissions when you don’t drive. You save at least an hour a day in round-trip commuting time. You can always walk back into your office for a quick moment to finish something up, without having to invest a whole hour or more to do it. Best of all?
The money you DON’T spend on rent can go towards paying off your mortgage! We will be paying off our 30 year mortgage in about 17 years.
Every time I see someone who’s started a business and bought the building the business is in, I have such admiration for their foresight. That tells me two positive things about the businessperson.
1) I can count on them. They intend to be in business for the long haul.
2) They are smart. They are building wealth, as well as a business.
If you have a business and you’re paying rent, perhaps it’s time to look around. Commercial real estate loans are starting to go into default. This is a good time to snap up a property, perhaps with a friend or two – and move your business(es) into it.
Speaking of homes, a couple of interesting questions came up this week about the Homebuyers Credits. As a result, the May TaxWatch column will be covering some interesting revelations about the Homebuyers Credit that I’ll bet you didn’t know. Stay tuned for the third week of May!
https://www.marketwatch.com/Journalists/Eva_Rosenberg
You will also find lots more useful tax information in the MarketWatch.com Tax Guide.
https://www.marketwatch.com/taxes
Since I had to research one of the issues in-depth, that became the topic of this week’s AccountingWeb.com blog. Do you want to learn how to do tax research online? Here are some tips.
AccountingWeb.com
https://www.accountingweb.com/blogs/taxmama/talk-taxmama/some-notes-research-materials-and-tips
Today’s Money Funny is in honor of Mom’s, for Mother’s Day, you get A Child’s-Eye View of Mothers.
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Other than IRS suspending people and bringing criminal actions against folks, there really isn’t anything new and exciting in the world of IRS News. Or do you want to know the nasty gossip? Never mind.
But there is one big piece of news! IRS is having another Open House to help you with your questions and problems. It’s on May 15th. These problem-solving days are terrific. If you go to one, bring as much detail about your issue as you can, including neatly a summarized overview of the problem, the steps you’ve taken to rememdy it, and what is keeping it from being resolved. Include dates and times of contacts with IRS staff – and names, if you have them. Note: this is just the first of three in May and June.
https://taxmama.wpengine.com/category/asktaxmama/irs-news/
And a reminder, IRS is accepting applications for new members for the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC)
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=222365,00.html
In TaxQuips this week we learn about how to maximize your benefits when you’re on unemployment; who is responsible for issuing 1099-MISCs or W-2s to maids when you use a maid service; if there are any special tax benefits when you move into one unit of your four-plex; and how to handle it when your corporation is in one state, but you live and work in another. In particular, read the questions Team TaxMama asks in the TaxQuips Forum to help clarify the issues. You can learn a lot from those questions.
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As always, we love your feedback, opinions and ideas.
You are what makes all this fun – and interesting!
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