Category: IRS

  • IRS catches nonprofit accounting cover-up

    IRS catches nonprofit accounting cover-up

    This week the Washington Post reported that Donald Trump was fined $2,500 by the IRS for filing a false report to the IRS about the activities of his nonprofit foundation. Nonprofit organizations are not supposed to give money to political campaigns. He did, and then covered up the political donation by reporting it to the…

  • Simple advice to avoid IRS scams

    Simple advice to avoid IRS scams

    Hardly a week goes by when I don’t read about people falling victim of a new tax scam. Scammers are growing more numerous, more aggressive and more sophisticated. Most of these scams involve telephone calls or emails pretending to be from the IRS. Ordinary business and individual taxpayers should be aware of the following: IRS…

  • Save money by skipping small business accounting

    Save money by skipping small business accounting

    I have a few small business clients who do not bother with traditional accounting. That is, they do not have a system like QuickBooks or something similar to compile, organize and analyze their financial transaction records in real time. In most cases these are sole proprietors. But in one case an owner of a multi-million dollar sales…