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Expertise

I can answer most federal individual income tax questions. I can not provide legal advise.

Experience in the area

I have worked for a CPA firm for over 11 years. I have worked in private as well as government I have recently been running a tax preparation office, mainly focusing on individual income taxes

Organizations

I have been affiliated with managing condo associations and as a member of a coalition to educate condo owners as to their rights and responsibilities.

Education/Credentials

I have my B.S.B.A in Business Administration . Concentration in Accounting I have gone to yearly tax seminars and have tried to keep up with the evolving tax changes

Awards and Honors

Over my years I have received local awards for contributions to worthy organizations.

Past/Present Clients

This, of course remains confidential

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I still hope to learn what questions most concern taxpayers.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Did you know that Bush's refund from the Economic Stimulus Package is referred to as an Advance payment, but will not be used to reduce your 2009 refund according to the IRS wenbsite. Also note that a new administration will be in office by Jan 2009, just in time for the 2008 filing.

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Recent Answers from Glenn D Schnabel

2009-11-06 Physical presences test and lodging, meal exclusions:

Ric, According to the IRS Publication 54: Foreign earned income does not include the following amounts. * The value of meals and lodging that you exclude from your income because

2009-11-06 Filing taxes:

Maria, If he does not file and has income to report, then the IRS can treat him as a non filer and file on his behalf based upon information he has. If they compute a tax owed, then he will owe tax

2009-11-06 Sale of Personal Home Turned Rental:

Troy, Alot of this has to do with intent and what actually happened. If you converted your home to rental, you probably could have a small rental loss. You could consider it a rental from July 2008

2009-10-30 dependent:

Donna, In order for you to claim your son, he has to be in the US for some part of the year For a taxpayer to claim a person as a qualifying child, the "child" must be: 1. the taxpayer's son

2009-10-29 taxing ira withdrawals:

Michael, If you are over 59 1/2 , you can start to take distributions from your IRA without a penalty of 10 percent. The distributions would be subject to income taxes. You probably will not be able

 

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