October 2026

Every divorce is also a tax event. Filing status changes, dependency claims shift, assets move between spouses, and sometimes old IRS problems surface at the worst possible moment. Most of these issues sit quietly in the background until a client receives an unexpected bill or notice months or years after the decree is signed. Family […]

You’d be surprised how many tax returns get rejected because someone else already filed a fraudulent return using the taxpayer’s Social Security number. And the numbers keep going up. In 2024 and 2025 alone, the IRS’s identity theft filters flagged about 7.5 million individual returns, according to a May 2026 report from the Treasury Inspector

Your 2026 tax return will not be filed until 2027, but most of what goes on it is decided before December 31, 2026. Once the calendar turns, the window for most tax-saving moves closes. What is left in the spring is mostly paperwork. This year deserves more attention than usual. The One Big Beautiful Bill

Your vehicle is probably one of your biggest business deductions, and it is also one of the first places the IRS looks when it reviews a small business return. The reason is simple: cars are used for both business and personal driving, and the line between the two is easy to blur. When the records