
Episode 141: The Child Tax Credit, Continued
The American Rescue Plan has now been signed into law. It includes an expansion of the child tax credit for 2021. That plan expands the age for qualifying children to include 17-year-olds. It increa...
12 Maalis 202115min

Episode 140: Recent Tax Recap
This episode provides a roundup of recent tax events and other issues. To begin with, the American Bar Association Midyear Tax Meeting was virtual. I provide highlights regarding the Individual & Fami...
5 Maalis 202113min

Episode 139: Highlights for the Tax Season
This is a short episode to provide some highlights on the 2020 tax return that not everyone may be aware of. While I covered some of these items in past episodes, I thought the highlights would be wor...
26 Helmi 202111min

Episode 138: Tax Court Return
This episode details the return of the U.S. Tax Court for hearings in Kansas City, Missouri, and Wichita, Kansas in February 2021. Tune in to hear about remote proceedings, feedback on the Tax Court ...
20 Helmi 202119min

Episode 137: The Child Tax Credit
The child tax credit is again in the news because of potential increases by Congress. On this episode, I look at the history and the requirements. I also look at how the credit is both nonrefundable...
13 Helmi 202114min

Episode 136: State of IRS Collections
This episode focuses on the current state of affairs in working with IRS Collections and Enforcement. The issues with the IRS customer service are making it difficult to represent clients. As I focuse...
5 Helmi 202111min

Episode 135: CAF Unit Issues
While I identified on a previous episode changes that the IRS is making for submissions of power of attorney forms, that still does not change how the IRS processes those forms. There were delays last...
29 Tammi 20217min

Episode 134: Form 1040 Basics, Part 2
The tax season now starts February 12! In looking at a crash course in taxes, I decided the easiest way to talk with someone about several concepts was to review the form 1040. In part two, I go thr...
22 Tammi 202115min



















