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MOST ACTIVE MEMBERS THIS WEEK

  1. Alfred Giovetti

    Giovetti & Giovetti, CPAs
    Catonsville, MD

    28685 Points

  2. Durette Hauser

    Accurate Accounting Enterprises, Inc.
    Haslett, MI

    424 Points

  3. William Silzer

    Precision Accounting Services, Inc.
    Sterling, VA

    349 Points

  4. Joyce Funkhouser-Lingelbach

    Joyce Funkhouser Accounting & Tax
    Portland, OR

    335 Points

  5. William Delaney

    Westwood, MA

    285 Points

RECENT SHARED FILES

Planning 2012: Maximizing Itemized Deductions

By: NSA Admin May 15, 2012 10:23 AM
Posted in: Client Letters

Planning 2012: Moving and Job Hunting Expenses

By: NSA Admin May 15, 2012 10:22 AM
Posted in: Client Letters

Planning 2012: Rental Real Estate Activity Comp...

By: NSA Admin May 15, 2012 10:20 AM
Posted in: Client Letters

NSAlert-May 11, 2012

By: NSA Admin May 14, 2012 12:26 PM
Posted in: NSAlert

IRS Tax Form Questions

By: NSA Admin May 11, 2012 12:35 PM
Posted in: NSAlert

IRS is looking for your feedback on their forms.

UPCOMING EVENTS

  1. MSA - Gear Up Accounting Seminar

    May 15 - 16
    Frederick, MD

  2. NHSA - Circular 230 Ethics

    May 16, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    Concord, NH

  3. PASC - Serving a Maturing Nation: Level I

    May 21 - 22
    Northglenn, CO

  4. NSA Board of Governors Meeting

    May 21 - 23
    Savannah, GA

  5. MSA - Working with the Internal Revenue Service

    May 22, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Towson, MD

LATEST DISCUSSIONS

  • RE:In home care of parent by daughter

    By: Marina Hernandez, May 16, 2012 9:40 PM

    Posted in: Tax Talk

    Tony, Following up on Peggy's comment, for the payments to daughter to be deductible in mother's return there has to be a proper written contract, otherwise the care is presumed gratituous (Estate of Olivo v Comm'r TCM 2011-163) More

  • RE:In home care of parent by daughter

    By: Peggy Johnson, May 16, 2012 8:56 PM

    Posted in: Tax Talk

    Toni, I think the most important factor is the intentions of the mother and daughter. If two adults are simply sharing a home this may not be reportable income at all whether the expenses are equally shared or not. If some or all of the money... More

  • RE:IRA, MRD

    By: Claire Gambao, May 16, 2012 4:29 PM

    Posted in: Tax Talk

    Thank you. I have the account's value at 12/31/09, so can calculate the amount for 2010. And I think we might have some wiggle room because he has been really sick.... I can get a note from the doctor if necessary. More

RECENT BLOGS

How do your clients survive in Retirement?

By: Alfred Giovetti May 11, 2012 8:45 AM

Another tragedy that I see daily is clients coming in and telling me that they "need to" or want to retire. I have to... More

iPad (third generation)

By: Alfred Giovetti May 8, 2012 3:57 PM

Software/Hardware Review by Al Giovetti first appeared in the Free State Accountant May 2012 edition The New iPad... More

RTRP Webinar Program “Backstage Pass” for NSA Members

By: Claire Berlin Apr 26, 2012 2:51 PM

We are pleased to present an on-demand webinar program to help practitioners prepare for and pass the IRS... More

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NSA members get a $10 discount on preregistration rates for the 2012 IRS Tax Forums.

The NSA member discount code is: $10OFF+NSA+2012 read more

IRS removes expired PTIN holders from valid list

Beginning February 21, anyone with an expired PTIN is removed from the list... read more

New Member Benefits for Tax Season

NSA is pleased to announce two new member discount programs with Mozy online... read more

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