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Identity Theft... Have Your Taxes Already Been Filed? By Alice Horton-Barr, CEO, Honest Abe's Taxes, Inc. Identity theft is on the rise in 2021 tax filing due to all the “free money” available to tax payers this year. Many taxpayers are discovering when they go to file their taxes that the returns are being rejected due to it being a “duplicate submission”. Social Security numbers have known to be hacked from Credit Card sites, the IRS itself, Bank sites, and other internet sources. If your SSN has now been used to file a fraudulent tax return you must file Identity theft with the IRS and file a paper return. It will probably take 6 to 8 months, at least, to see your 2021 tax refund. Also, in the future you will receive a PIN each January from the IRS that you must use in the filing of your tax return so that the IRS knows the return is being
filed by you and not the “hacker”. Last year the IRS started a voluntary program for people who have not been hacked to sign up for a PIN number. You can sign up for that program by filing form 15227. It is a simple form. The IRS will reach out to you to confirm that you filed the form and ask c o n f i r m i n g information from your tax returns. You will then get a PIN each January to file your taxes with. The IRS PIN acts as a second SSN to secure your income tax filing. It is a good program and works, but you must be sure to not misplace the PIN
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elderly parent?” Hopefully, there will be a day when women won’t have to play financial catchup. For now, though, use all the means at your disposal to help yourself. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, Member SIPC
a Roth IRA does have income limitations that may prevent you from contributing the full amount.) • Learn about Social Security options. Because Social Security provides a lifetime income stream that includes cost-of-living increases, it can help mitigate two key risks you face in retirement: longer life expectancies and inflation. You can start taking Social Security as early as age 62, but your monthly checks will be significantly larger if you wait until your “full” retirement age,adwhich Hartley Tax Service's was inwill our likely be between 66 and 67. If you book last Feb 2021. He would like delay taking benefits beyond your full to repeat ad with the retirement age, that your payments will changes: increasefollowing by 8% per year, until age 70, when your benefits out. You’ll REMOVESmallmax Business, also want to learn Business about spousal Accounting Payrolls and survivor Sales benefits, which can W-2's. affectW-3's. how Tax, Quarterlies, much you’ll receive. 1099's Act 32 Forms & Codes. • Get some help. You may be able to Replace it with: with a financial benefit from working **RETIRING IN 3YEARS** Not professional, who can evaluate accepting any new clients at this your situation, make investment recommendations, and help answer time. questions you may have, such as, “What moves can I make so Ad I can A proof is required on this afford toASAP. become a caregiver for an
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or you must paper mail your return. Each tax season seems to have some unplanned headache to attack tax payers and this year so far this seems to be our issue. Honest Abe’s staff is ready and able to help you with all tax matters. Call us at 570-668-8297 to make an appointment or drop by at 259 Claremont Avenue, Hometown, Tamaqua, PA. I don’t want to make the wrong decision for the one person who always made the right ones.” Now is the time to make the right decisions for you and your family. As preplanning specialists, we can make certain that all of your wishes are carried out and that you spend only what is needed. We’d like to answer any questions you might have. Call us today to find out what you can do to make all of the right decisions.
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