* At the JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY Sarah Ovaska
discusses “Protecting seniors from COVID-19 fraud”.
“Offers to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine, an IRS
agent calling to confirm a stimulus payment, or someone at the door offering to
swab your nose to see you have the coronavirus.
These are among the ploys scammers are implementing
right now against American seniors in hopes of profiting from the uncertainty,
fear, and anxiety that the novel coronavirus pandemic has caused.”
* Prof James Maul reminds us that, no matter how generous
and rewarding it may be, there is “No Charitable Contribution Deduction for Donating Services” at MAULED AGAIN –
“Treasury Regulations section 1.170A-1(g) states, ‘Contributions
of services. No deduction is allowable under section 170 for a contribution of
services.’”
* Anyone
interested? “IRS seeks nominations for the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council for 2021”.
* FORBES.COM’s
TaxGirl Kelly Phillips Erb reports
“Millions of low-income people and others who
aren't required to file a tax return may still be eligible for a stimulus
check. Those folks can register for a payment by using the Non-Filers tool on
the IRS website. . . .
The Non-Filers tool will remain available through the
summer and fall. However, to receive your payment by the end of the year, you
must register by October 15.”
THE LAST WORD
From James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general and
one-time Trump Administration Secretary of Defense (highlight is mine) -
“Donald Trump is the first president in my
lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to
try. Instead, he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of
three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of
three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on
the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past
few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations
that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.”
And
“Instructions given by the military departments to
our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that the Nazi slogan
for destroying us … was ‘Divide and Conquer’. Our American answer is ‘In Union
there is Strength’. We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis—confident
that we are better than our politics.”
Asshole Trump’s response was to belittle Mattis in a
tweet.
TTFN
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