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Treasury faces tight deadline for rules on Big Beautiful Bill
Tax Blake Oliver 7/19/25 Tax Blake Oliver 7/19/25

Treasury faces tight deadline for rules on Big Beautiful Bill

Treasury has just 45 days to write some rules for Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. That's not much time considering how complex this stuff gets.

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IRS staff cuts are setting up next year's tax season for trouble
Tax Blake Oliver 7/18/25 Tax Blake Oliver 7/18/25

IRS staff cuts are setting up next year's tax season for trouble

IRS workforce reductions have led to long wait times for identity theft victims, technology struggles, and mounting challenges for the upcoming tax season, all while major tax law changes are on the horizon.

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DOGE proves the IRS can move 100x faster without red tape
Tax Blake Oliver 4/14/25 Tax Blake Oliver 4/14/25

DOGE proves the IRS can move 100x faster without red tape

DOGE fixed an IRS website login button in 71 minutes instead of 103 days, demonstrating how bureaucracy slows government progress. Their next target: modernizing IRS data systems.

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Thinking about not filing your taxes? Here's why that's a terrible idea
Tax Blake Oliver 4/8/25 Tax Blake Oliver 4/8/25

Thinking about not filing your taxes? Here's why that's a terrible idea

17% of millennials may skip filing taxes this year due to IRS job cuts. Find out why this strategy backfires.

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IRS cuts could cost $500 billion: Is tax compliance about to collapse?
Tax Blake Oliver 3/29/25 Tax Blake Oliver 3/29/25

IRS cuts could cost $500 billion: Is tax compliance about to collapse?

Blake Oliver questions Washington Post claims about IRS cuts causing $500B in lost revenue, arguing technology investment—not more auditors—is the real solution.

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How Trump's pick to run Medicare used the "Limited Partner Loophole" to avoid paying Medicare taxes
Tax Blake Oliver 3/21/25 Tax Blake Oliver 3/21/25

How Trump's pick to run Medicare used the "Limited Partner Loophole" to avoid paying Medicare taxes

On a recent episode of The Accounting Podcast, we dove into how Dr. Oz pulled this off using the "limited partner exemption" to self-employment taxes.

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No CPE credits, just epic views hiking rim-to-rim with a fellow CPA
Tax Blake Oliver 10/17/24 Tax Blake Oliver 10/17/24

No CPE credits, just epic views hiking rim-to-rim with a fellow CPA

How many CPE credits did two CPAs earn hiking the Grand Canyon rim to rim?

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Review of TurboTax LIVE Full Service Business 2023 for Tax Professionals
Tax Blake Oliver 7/18/23 Tax Blake Oliver 7/18/23

Review of TurboTax LIVE Full Service Business 2023 for Tax Professionals

Tax pros - want an inside look at TurboTax's new full-service offering for business returns? My business partner David Leary and I just went through the process of using TurboTax LIVE Full Service for our partnership return and recorded our experience in a new video.

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