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The IRS announced Monday, January 26, 2026, as the opening of the nation’s 2026 filing season. You will have until Wednesday, April 15, 2026, to file your 2025 tax returns and pay any tax due.

The announced Monday, January 26, 2026, as the opening of the nation’s 2026 filing season. You will have until Wednesday, April 15, 2026, to file your 2025 tax returns and pay any tax due.

Your Michigan unemployment 1099-G is now available by logging into your online MiWAM account

Just call/text me when you get your actual W2s

🚨 BEFORE YOU FILE YOUR TAXES — CALL THIS NUMBER 🚨
Treasury Offset Line: 1-800-304-3107
This automated line tells you if your refund may be taken for:
• Back taxes
• Child support arrears
• Defaulted student loans
• State debts
• Unemployment overpayments

‼️Head of Household‼️

You do not know if someone qualifies for Head of Household unless you ask the proper qualifying questions. It is not determined by an income amount.

Also, if a taxpayer’s income is under the standard deduction, it will not make a difference whether they file as Head of Household or Single. It will not increase or decrease their refund at all.

This is why asking the right questions and understanding the rules matters.

Taxpayers get you a tax pro that actually knows the rules!

If you receive this form in the mail…PLEASE DON’T THROW IT AWAY

You will need it to file your taxes

Do you need your tax transcripts?

Call 800-908-9946

The IRS says that if you loan someone money with the clear expectation they’d pay you back — and they don’t — you may be able to write off that unpaid amount on your taxes.

This is considered a nonbusiness bad debt on your tax return.

What Form Do You File?

To claim a nonbusiness bad debt, you must complete Form 8949 and attach it to your personal tax return.

Along with Form 8949, you also need to include a written statement that explains:

How much money was owed to you and the original repayment date

The name of the person who borrowed the money and your relationship to them.

What you did to try to collect the debt, and why you’ve concluded you won’t be paid back.

Example:

Let’s say I loaned my mom $200 for groceries on November 1, 2023, and she promised to repay me on her November 15th paycheck.

When she didn’t pay me back, I followed up on November 30th. She brushed me off and basically made it clear that repayment wasn’t happening.

Because the debt is uncollectible, I could report the $200 as a bad debt on Form 8949 and attach a written statement describing exactly what happened when I file my taxes.

Reporting Bad Debts to the IRS:

Nobody wants to deal with unpaid personal loans, but the IRS does allow certain situations to be claimed as nonbusiness bad debt—as long as you can prove you never got paid and don’t expect to.

Just make sure you keep good documentation of the loan terms and your attempts to get the money back.

IRS MAIN NUMBER
800-928-1040

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On Friday, SBA issued a letter to all 4,300 8(a) contractors, ordering them to produce financial records as part of a wider effort to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse from the 8(a) Program for “socially and economically disadvantaged” small businesses.

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SBA Orders All 8(a) Participants to Provide Financial Records | U.S. Small Business Administration WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued letters to all contractors within the 8(a) Business Development Program, requiring them to produce financial records as part of a comprehensive effort to protect taxpayers and legitimate small businesses by rooting out fraud, ...