Tax Justice Warriors

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 one, I will go through the first page of form 1040. It...

15 Jan 202115min

I am sure many of you have benefited from the economic impact payments (also called stimulus payments). In past episodes, I discussed different people who should have received those payments in 2020. ...

8 Jan 202111min

Well, 2020 was a wild year. What will 2021 bring? I am not going to try to predict the coming year. After all, who could have predicted the pandemic for 2020? I am going to talk a bit broadly about th...

1 Jan 20217min

Merry Christmas!   This is a recap of the 2021 Annual LITC Grantee Conference, which was entirely virtual for the first time in December 2020. The first week focused on a tax bootcamp and training for...

25 Des 202019min

2020 – the year in review. Not much happened this year, right?   Seriously – quite a bit happened inside the tax world and beyond based on the pandemic. For the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Grantee Conf...

18 Des 202018min

In the 2021 LITC Grantee Conference, I am giving a presentation on Collections (Part 1). This presentation is part of a series of tax bootcamp presentations for LITC practitioners new to the tax field...

11 Des 202011min

This episode will look at upcoming training for those involved with Low Income Taxpayer Clinics. I provide details on the bootcamp, plenary and breakout sessions, plus other sessions. I will be speaki...

5 Des 202015min

A look at Form 2848 processing with the CAF Unit.  Currently, there are processing delays.  Part of that is due to the COVID pandemic, but part of it is due to the time of year as there are some shutd...

28 Nov 20208min