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A former Tax Court judge has been indicted for tax evasion. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-united-states-tax-court-judge-and-husband-indicted-conspiracy-commit-tax-evasion-and What amazes me is how she and her husband could even think of deducting such expenses on their Sch C, Pilates lessons, Wine club fees, music lessons, and more. Then they tried to cover it up for the audit. You can't make this stuff up, no one would believe anyone could be so stupid.

Years ago I owned a small service station. I had just bought a miniature sand blaster to clean spark plugs. A high school kid that I had hired wanted to try it out and put his finger over the hole where the spark plug goes and turned it on. It really messed his finger up. That "dumb kid" is now a successful lawyer.

I received this video link in my email yesterday and it discusses some of the various IRS scams that are going around right now, even one I hadn't heard of yet. only 20 minutes long. http://www.astps.org/irs-scams/?inf_contact_key=0a8187a3fb1b901da0f74ca7b671f1694caa3637d881123634e778b7fc1f8218 If you don't trust links, you should be able to find it on astps.org.

Must be they gave away too many $1,000.00 dollar bills.

On the IRS e-services you ask for a wage and income transcript for 2015. Does this adequately answer your query?

My theory is that smart people will go there once, then realize they should have asked around. Others may not be savvy enough to do a little research, understand what the big box shops are all about, and just think it is what it is, like everyone pays $500 for a 1040 and Sch A, and don't forget the state, that really brings the price up.

Or people are glomming on to the fact that they WAY overcharge. I've had folks show up here with an ill-prepared prior year hrb return and see the bill for close to $500 for a return I would charge ~$350 for at most.

Here is what I found when I followed the e-mail link to my offer... Your renewal quote is currently unavailable. CCH is still in the "Customer no-service" business.

Got it! Thanks, I was just totally hung up on a 1040 transcript. Forest for the trees thing, I guess....