If You Love (or Even Mildly Like) Yourself, Get an IP PIN Hi Friendos, Today is another newsletter about Identity Protection PINs that are issued by the IRS. I’ve written about them before, but today can provide some quantitative insight into just how important they are. As I wrote last year: It’s a 6-digit number […]
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The Boring Newsletter, 1/25/2025
Hi Friendos, Today’s newsletter is about why you should get an identity protection PIN (“IP PIN”) from the IRS. It’s boring and annoying! You should do it anyway! The last time I wrote about IP PINs was nearly 2 years ago. Back then, when I requested an IP PIN, the IRS sent it via snail […]
The Boring Newsletter, 1/11/2025
Hi Friendos, We’re about two weeks away from the beginning of tax season, which starts on January 27th. Let’s me try that again. It’s almost tax season! It’s almost tax season! That’s a little more fun. I’m going to touch on 5 ways I know of to prepare your tax return at no out-of-pocket cost: […]
The Boring Newsletter, 6/2/2024
Hi Friendos, Today I am writing about positive news out of the IRS. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, accepted the recommendation from Danny Werfel, IRS Commissioner, to make the Direct File program permanent! Direct File was a trial program that ran earlier this year, allowing taxpayers in 12 states to file their 2023 tax […]