
Jeff Stimpson
Freelance writerJeff Stimpson is a veteran freelance journalist who previously served as editor of The Practical Accountant.

Jeff Stimpson is a veteran freelance journalist who previously served as editor of The Practical Accountant.
The IRS is allowing many companies extra time to file the income tax returns.
The tax prep chain has partnered with online lender LendingTree.
Audits aren’t the only ways the service can put them on the spot, the tax prep chain warns.
Procrastinating clients may have money waiting: Some $1.1 billion in unclaimed federal income tax refunds await an estimated 1.4 million taxpayers who didn’t file a 2014 federal income tax return.
Bogus W-2s; dependents, complete with numbers; underreporting supplemental money; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
Implications of Kill Quill; Oscar, Oscar, Oscar; Sec. 199A questions; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
Status guilty; felony charges dropped against New York CPA; sales fails; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
He who must be named; what’s changing and what isn’t; spins of the Coin; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
The IRS is reminding farming and fishing taxpayers of a helpful rule.
International schemes sought millions; an asset shuffle; time’s up for temp agency; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
Blaming Woodrow Wilson; why to benchmark; the Advocate speaks; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
Preparers find themselves explaining the difference between 2017 and 2018.
Bighorn to the big house; rotten apple; in Dutch; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
Fairness at last for vets; troublesome forms; ‘non-employee withholding;’ and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
Taxpayers who prepare their own returns can sometimes end up being new clients.
With the season underway, preparers are still fine-tuning software, workflow and clients’ ability to realize that reform generally doesn’t affect the returns worked on now.
Help the IRS debunk a handful of taxpayer misconceptions for this filing season.
Eighteen months, guaranteed; former CPA, current inmate; trust them not; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
That ain’t hay; Minnesota wins Super Bowl; driving preparers crazy; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
He returns to the association after a stint with a tax prep chain.