Tax Return Goofups, Clothing Deductions & IRS Regulation of Tax Preparers
Originally broadcast on February 22, 2014, on 1380 KTKZ in Sacramento.
This was the final live edition of TaxSense: Keeping What’s Yours.
This was the final live edition of TaxSense: Keeping What’s Yours.
In this episode, Owen Arnoff looks at several practical tax-season issues, unusual tax stories, and the continuing debate over regulation of paid tax return preparers.
Topics include:
• Whether work clothing can qualify for a tax deduction
• Seven common tax-return goofups to avoid
• IRS employees making news of their own
• The unusual idea of a “flatulence tax”
• An interview with the Executive Director of the California Tax Education Council about regulation of tax return preparers
• Seven common tax-return goofups to avoid
• IRS employees making news of their own
• The unusual idea of a “flatulence tax”
• An interview with the Executive Director of the California Tax Education Council about regulation of tax return preparers
This episode has been restored from the original TaxSense radio archive as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the program’s 2012–2014 broadcast history.
Creators and Guests
Host
Owen Arnoff
Owen S. Arnoff, EA, NTPI Fellow, is a tax practitioner, educator, and industry thought leader focused on tax planning, practitioner judgment, and professional education. An Enrolled Agent since 2008 and an NTPI Fellow since 2011, Owen has worked across taxation, financial services, business ownership, insurance, investments, real estate, and advisory practice over a career spanning more than four decades. He is the creator of 1040.guru, a practitioner-focused tax-planning platform, and the publisher and host of Tax Practitioner Intelligence, a media and publishing series built around real cases, better questions, authority-grounded analysis, implementation, and professional judgment. Owen was the host of TaxSense: Keeping What’s Yours, a Sacramento-based tax and financial radio program broadcast on 1380 KTKZ during 2012–2014. The restored TaxSense archive preserves those historical programs as part of his broader work in tax education and public communication.
