In a blatant maneuver to put the “scur” into tax evaders, the Justice Department is seeking a court order against a Michigan couple promoting what the government says is the number one tax dodge scheme in America.
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Tax Man Tells How to Best Him
By 4.13.06
Andrew works for the IRS and he writes us about The Taxpayer Advocate, a handy, free service to help you with the arcane and seemingly hopeless tax troubles.
No-Name Tax Site Superior to H&R Block
By 4.13.06
John writes that he followed one of those free e-file links on the IRS website and clicked on H&R Block, because it was the only name he knew. After his mother’s passing, he had a little death benefits from IRAs and such.
Avoid H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt, Says Accountant
By 4.13.06
If you haven’t done your taxes, don’t go to H&R Block or Jackson Hewitt. That’s the advice we receive from Peter, a professional accountant. He says they will rip you off. And if they mess up, they’re not liable.
UPDATE: H&R Block Gets Citizen in Tax Trouble, Doesn’t Care
By 4.12.06
Last month, Farkle Barkle wrote in about how H&R Block totally messed up Farkle’s tax return.
I.R.S. Demands PayPal Records
By 4.12.06
Would-be Count of Monte Cristo’s beware, the IRS has won approval from a federal court to get Paypal to turn over records about people who may be dodging the taxman by stashing dough in foreign lands.
H&R Cock Blocked
By 4.10.06
Last week Intuit, makers of Turbo Tax, sued H&R Block for mimicking its advertising campaign. Block’s ad “copies the physical appearance, dress and mannerisms of the characters in the TurboTax ad, as well as the set, staging and pace of the advertisement,” said Intuit in a statement.
Costlier Tax Preparers Encourage More Fraudulent Returns
By 4.4.06
NBC sent an undercover intern to different tax preparers. It looks like the big names in tax prep may charge higher fees, but that’s more than made up for by their ability to help you commit tax fraud.
World of Warcraft 2.0: IRS Offices Patched into Ogrimmar and Ironforge
By 1.6.06
There are lots of taxes one pays in online games. They can be taxing to the marriages, health and even the sanity of emaciated South Korean nerds slowly irradiated into a shade of phosphorescent blue, like a deep-sea inverterbrate, by their112-hour binges in front of a monitor flickering Lineage mobs upon their retinas. And any World of Warcraft player knows that it can be taxing upon your intellect as well: being forced to endure the general chat channel of the Barrens will slough IQ points off like reams of skin after a first-degree sunburn.
Third-Party IRS Payment By Phone with 2.5% Fee
By 11.8.05
Would you like to pay your taxes with a credit or debit card via the phone? If so, be prepared to spend an additional 2.5% of your total payment amount to use one of the approved third-party payment services. Both the disengenuously named Official Payments and Pay1040 charge a two-and-a-half percent service fee (okay, 2.49% for Pay1040) for performing the simple task of taking your money and passing it on to the IRS.
