Category Archives: Management

IRS Plans to Retire On-line POA Posting

The IRS has recently announced intent to eliminate a service that ASTPS believes to be critical to tax problem resolution practitioners. In response to their announcement, I have appealed to National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina E. Olson, to use her influence … Continue reading

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Trust Fund Tax Collection Basics: & Lesser Known Employment Tax Issues Following Bob McKenzie’s webinar on Trust Fund Recovery Penalty, members posted several  questions involving some of the basic Trust Fund Recovery Penalty concepts. Therefore, this  session  will answer those … Continue reading

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Has Sequester Started? Who could tell?

Today I drove to the IRS building to deliver a 433-A with supporting documents and a request for Installment Agreement on behalf of a taxpayer client. I seldom spend time delivering work product to the IRS, but I was leaving … Continue reading

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On behalf of the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers’  IRS Tax Problem Resolution Boot Camp, April 25-26 2013 , I would like to inform all interested that the seminar has been rescheduled. The new date will be July 25th-26th, … Continue reading

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IRS Stopped in Effort to Regulate Tax Preparers

Reprinted from Accounting Today Website… In a stunning blow to the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to regulate the tax preparation profession, a federal judge struck down the IRS’s licensing requirements for tax preparers on Friday, including testing and continuing education. … Continue reading

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Looking for CPE? New user-friendly online training…

ASTPS has teamed up with Fast Forward Academy to offer you online continuing education. The IRS Enrolled Agent Exam Course and Review Material contains the information you will most likely see on your actual test. Sure the complete course is … Continue reading

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Discounted Software

We constantly strive to offer valuable products and services to our members that will help their practice grow! ASTPS works with vendors to offer discounts to our membership. Discounts are offered on software, books, and other technical and marketing/management tools … Continue reading

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Hot-Air Balloon Economy

Many Americans feel like they are living in a hot-air balloon. Everything is going up: taxes, unemployment, cost of living, cost of health care, and IRS spending on enforced collection. This might be a sign that tax problem resolution practitioners … Continue reading

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Doin’ the Tax Problem Resolution “Two-Step”

No, it’s not some new dance step. It’s the recommended way to engage a prospective client in need of representation before the IRS. This Two-Step involves two separate engagement letters: the first being prepared at the outset of an engagement, … Continue reading

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Get Ready, Get Set… Seminar!

May through November is high season for seminar attendance. Like other learning experiences, it pays to prepare. To get the maximum return on your invested time and money take these simple steps to prepare for any seminar you will be … Continue reading

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