The IRS loves to disallow deductions for vehicle expenses, and without the right documentation, you’ll risk losing out on this valuable deduction. Vehicle expenses include the driving you do for…
In today’s always-on world, it’s often hard to tell where your work ends and your personal life begins. With that blurring of lines, it can be difficult to determine when…
Since 1961, an employer was permitted to reimburse an employee for some or all of the premium expenses incurred for an employee’s individual health insurance plan and exclude that payment…
Annuities are complicated products that often cause much confusion for annuity owners, let alone their beneficiaries. There can be significant tax consequences associated with the inheritance of an annuity held…
$37,461.22. That is the dollar amount our team at Schanel & Associates has saved taxpayers this year in IRS penalties through penalty abatement requests. While we were happy to help…
The IRS recently issued a bulletin warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for scam artists impersonating the IRS. These scammers have been resorting to increasingly aggressive scare tactics, such as threatening…