Hi, Website Visitor. Here are your articles for February 5, 2008.
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RBSK Partners' Small Business Services
RBSK Partners offers its clients a variety of services, from tax preparation to IT consulting to audits and business valuations. But perhaps our best kept secret lies in our small business services (SBS) department. Our SBS staff is experienced in many software applications that can assist you with your company's bookkeeping and payroll needs. Click "full article" to see the range of services this department provides.
IRS Warns of New E-mail and Telephone Scams Using the IRS Name
The Internal Revenue Service recently warned taxpayers to beware of several current e-mail and telephone scams that use the IRS name as a lure. The IRS expects such scams to continue through the end of tax return filing season and beyond.
The IRS cautioned taxpayers to be on the lookout for scams involving proposed advance payment checks. Although the government has not yet enacted an economic stimulus package in which the IRS would provide advance payments, known informally as rebates to many Americans, a scam which uses the proposed rebates as bait has already cropped up.
In a significant decision, the Supreme Court recently limited the tax deductions that can be claimed by trusts and estates. The ruling, which went against the family that created Pepperidge Farm, affects the amount that trusts and estates can write off for the investment advice they receive. Here are the details.