A client of mine sent me the attached solicitation today. She wanted to know if this was legitimate. It is probably a legitimate solicitation if that is a thing. It is not associated with the bankruptcy court. There are companies that sell lists of contacts to marketers. Among the lists that they sell are people […]
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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I filed a Padilla motion for a client of mine in immigration proceedings. At the time, the courts were basically dysfunctional, my client’s hearing was years away, and I also wanted to have a conversation with an Assistant District Attorney about the case, so I did not mark
The Law Office of Louis S. Haskell offers low fees and speedy tax returns and refunds. However, if taxpayers look out for two specific letters, they can help themselves avoid delaying their refunds. Specifically, watch for the letter 6475 and letter 6419 to be mailed in January. Spotting these two letters can be critical to
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A friend of ours recently reached out to my wife, who is in Thailand, asking, “how much do you charge for a trust?”. My wife practically runs the immigration side of the practice. She is very involved in that and does a fantastic job. However, she is completely uninvolved in the tax planning, financial planning,
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I recently recorded a 6-part video series on small businesses struggling through COVID-19 (videos attached). I have been helping individuals and small businesses in financial distress for over 30 years. The questions that clients are asking me are not new. Thanks to the CARES act and other stimulus programs, some of the answers are new.
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We have had a number of clients contact the office because they have not received their stimulus checks. Fortunately, all they need to do is go to this IRS website and hit the “Get My Payment” button and they can check their status themselves. Unfortunately, we cannot do any more for them than that, so
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People ask about the status of their stimulus checks. the best thing they can do is check the IRS website. However, there are a number of reasons why a Taxpayer who would otherwise be entitled to a stimulus check may not have received it. I discuss some of these reasons in this video. I also
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President Trump signed his executive order which is billed as suspending immigration because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I discuss the Executive Order in some detail in this video. I am particularly interested in its impact on Husbands, Wives, Fiancees, Parents and Children of American citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents both in the United States and
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Today the President tweeted that he is suspending immigration to the United States. Putting aside the fact that it is simply a tweet, and thus meaningless by itself, immigration has been effectively suspended for the past month anyway. Neither the consulates or USCIS are conducting interviews, so we are pretty much at a dead stop.
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Every so often a client asks me why I want so much documentation concerning their dependents. The answer is because over half of all IRS audits involve tax credits that arise from claiming dependents (the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit, the Additional Child Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit, Head of
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