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Safe Harbor Rule: How to Avoid IRS Penalties in 2026

If you’ve ever been hit with an IRS underpayment penalty, you already know how annoying it is. It is one of the most avoidable penalties in the tax code, yet…

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March 25, 2026

Personal Finance / Taxes & Tax Prep

Wash Sale Rule in Crypto and Stocks: A CPA’s Warning

If you’re selling investments at a loss and buying them back too quickly, you can accidentally trigger one of the IRS’s most misunderstood rules: the wash sale rule. The stakes…

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March 25, 2026

Business Finance / Taxes & Tax Prep

Payroll: More Complex Than Meets the Eye

Payroll is kind of the red-headed stepchild of accounting. And that’s really saying something because everyone hates accounting! Even on the payroll section of my own website I talk about…

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October 20, 2014