Paul B. Moore, CPA PLLC

Why would anyone (particularly women here in my state of Texas) deliberately choose to share misinformation/fake news? I would hope that every person checks their sources, by multiple ways to determine the accuracy of what they are posting BEFORE it’s shared.

Please don’t just click share without doing your due deligence about its accuracy.

For example, I saw an post/article from a San Antonio, Texas newspaper reporting that “A new study found that “fake news” on Twitter, now X, is shared by an extremely small population: Republican middle-aged white women from three conservative states — Texas, Florida and Arizona.” I didn’t want to share that link without checking it out first. This post is the result of my research to find out if there was a real study that I felt was accurate to share. (although there was a link in the newspaper article to the study, I did an independent search to see if I could come up with the same study, which I did.)

We all deserve to get information that is as accurate as possible so we can move forward making educated informed decisions about the direction we want our country to go.

Supersharers of fake news on Twitter Governments may have the capacity to flood social media with fake news, but little is known about the use of flooding by ordinary voters. In this work, we identify 2107 registered US voters who account for 80% of the fake news shared on Twitter during ...

Welcome to tax season! Please contact us to set up your appointment or drop off your tax return info. The first day the IRS will accept e-filed 2023 tax returns is Jan. 29. You don’t have to wait until then to have your taxes prepared by us.

FROM THE IRS:

“Although the IRS will not officially begin accepting and processing tax returns until Jan. 29, people do not need to wait until then to work on their taxes if they're using software companies or tax professionals. For example, most software companies accept electronic submissions and then hold them until the IRS is ready to begin processing later this month.”

https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/ci-issues-red-flags-tips-to-avoid-falling-victim-to-pig-butchering-schemes-during-international-fraud-awareness-week

CI issues red flags, tips to avoid falling victim to pig butchering schemes during International Fraud Awareness Week | Internal Revenue Service November 13, 2023 — It’s human nature. People want company, and online romances have blossomed as more people use dating applications and social media to build relationships. While the hope is to live happily ever after, IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) special agents are seeing pig butchering sc...

There are definitely delays going on in large part because of the overwhelming backlog the IRS is dealing with.

Why it may take longer than 21 days for some taxpayers to receive their federal refund | Internal Revenue Service COVID Tax Tip 2022-54, April 7, 2022 — The IRS issues most refunds in fewer than 21 days for taxpayers who file electronically and choose direct deposit. However, some returns have errors or need more review and may take longer to process.

Sometimes life brings challenges that are not about the money, but about the principle of holding people accountable. For many years, Dave’s Watchdog columns have been a great educational tool.

Thank you Dave for your watchdog journalism. You help the public understand what happens in society and stop wrongdoings. It is appreciated.

Can a landlord withhold a security deposit for normal wear and tear? How one tenant fought back. Here's what you can do when you believe your landlord has unfairly withheld your security deposit?

FYI

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-monthly-child-tax-credit-payments-begin

IRS: Monthly Child Tax Credit payments begin | Internal Revenue Service IR-2021-153, July 15, 2021 — The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department announced today that millions of American families have started receiving monthly Child Tax Credit payments as direct deposits begin posting in bank accounts and checks arrive in mailboxes.

Today is NOT the tax deadline day for people in Texas. Due to the winter storm, the deadline has been extended to JUNE 15.

Please call us at 817-428-1040 if you want to drop off your tax information to be prepared, or if you’d like to make an in-person appointment.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/what-you-need-to-know-about-texas-june-15-income-tax-deadline/2634262/%3famp

What You Need to Know About Texas' June 15 Tax Deadline While most Americans must file and pay their federal income taxes by the IRS's extended May 17 deadline, Texas residents have about another month to go before their due date. Here are the details.

NOTICE:

We are experiencing problems with our phone lines today. It seems if someone tries to call our office at 817-428-1040 from an AT&T wireless phone they will get a message saying “the call could not be completed at this time.”

If this happens to you, because you have an AT&T wireless phone, please call us from a non-AT&T phone line. We have reported this to technical support and hopefully the problem will be fixed soon.

We can be reached by message here on Facebook

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Another scam alert! What you need to know about Social Security scams:

 https://blog.ssa.gov/top-5-scam-resources-you-need-to-know/

Top 5 Scam Resources You Need To Know Earlier this month, we hosted our second annual National “Slam the Scam” Day to raise awareness of government imposter telephone scams. In case you missed anything, we put together a list of the five…

Please keep being alert when checking your email.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2021/03/scam-email-says-ftc-chairwoman-rebecca-slaughter-sending-coronavirus-money?utm_source=govdelivery

Scam email says FTC Chairwoman Rebecca Slaughter is sending Coronavirus money Earlier this year, we told you that scammers were lying and saying the FTC is sending people Coronavirus relief money.

OUR OFFICE MASK POLICY

It’s hard to believe it has been a year of learning how to deal with the pandemic as it relates to our business and our clients.

What a year it has been for everyone! Like you, we have shifted our expectations weekly and even daily at times. We have learned facts and unlearned myths about what we have all experienced since late March 2020. For better or for worse, we are undeniably a changed society and with change always come new lessons and responsibilities.

One of our main responsibilities in addition to providing our clients great service, has been to be very aware of how we continued to do business in this new health environment. We have endeavored to be considerate of your health, our health and everyone’s feelings about all this change.

We respect every client and know there are a variety of opinions regarding the rescinding of the mask mandate. However, some of our clients and staff are considered higher risk than others and we do not want to potentially expose them to the Covid 19 virus, by lifting the masks in our office, so we will continue to require that everyone still wear a mask while in our office. This also allows those higher risk clients to feel comfortable continuing to visit us. If there is a single thing we have all enjoyed during the last year, it has been your visits to our office, so we appreciate your graciousness and respect regarding this. Thank you.

Please be alert!

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2021/03/scams-will-follow-new-covid-19-rescue-plan?utm_source=govdelivery

Scams will follow new COVID-19 rescue plan The pandemic is still taking a toll on every kind of well-being we have.

If you have been impacted by the winter storm in Texas a few weeks ago, the IRS has extended the tax deadline through June 15, 2021.

We are fortunate that our building had no storm damage. We are open as usual. Please contact our office at 817-428-1040 to schedule your tax appointment.

Hope you all are safe. Take care.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/victims-of-texas-winter-storms-get-deadline-extensions-and-other-tax-relief

Victims of Texas winter storms get deadline extensions and other tax relief | Internal Revenue Service IR-2021-43, February 22, 2021 — Victims of this month’s winter storms in Texas will have until June 15, 2021, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

Our office is OPEN and back to our normal tax season hours!

Monday - Saturday 9 am to 9 pm

Thanks to all of our clients who helped us “weather” this storm! Hope everyone is safe and warm.

We will PROBABLY be open tomorrow.

The water will be turned back on at our building at 9:00 in the morning. If there are no broken water pipes then we should be open as usual.

Thank you for your patience this week during this unprecedented weather event. You are appreciated, and we will get your taxes filed timely.

Take care. Stay warm. Be safe.

OUR OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY 2/19/2021

Due to the continuing water and electric issues in our area because of the winter storm, we will probably not be reopening our office until Saturday or Monday.

Please check back here to see the latest updates as we go through the next few days.

Stay warm, be safe, and take care. We will all get through this together and everyone will get their taxes done in a timely manner!

Thank you!

OUR OFFICE IS CLOSED Tuesday and Wednesday (2/16 and 2/17). We will probably reopen on Friday or Saturday depending in electric and water issues in our area.

If you have an appointment scheduled sometime over the next several days, we will be trying to contact you. If you don’t hear from us, please try leaving us a message at 817-428-1040 to let us know you are aware that our office is closed. We will be checking our phone messages periodically.

We will work through this so everyone can have their taxes filed in as timely manner as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Stay as warm as possible and be safe.

This tax season you will find us in our new location in Keller, Texas. Looking forward to doing business with our new and existing clients this year. Call us at 817-428-1040 if you have any questions and/or need to make a tax appointment.

Thank you! Referrals and FaceBook reviews are welcome.

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