more than a million cases of tax i.d. fraud just last year. totaling billions of dollars. they say older residents are more vulnerable and that things are really bad in florida. officials report miami alone has 46 times more the rest of the country. the u.s. attorney for south florida calls it a tsunami of fraud. and the epicenter of a national trend. phil keating with more live from our south florida newsroom. why there? the government with fake returns just happens to be the fraud deyour down here made easier when they will pay it back on prepaid debit cards which are sold pretty much at any drugstore. the two miami cops are the latest fraudsters caught up in this crime accused of accessing government or healthcare data to mine for personal info. it is now the number one fraud in florida and number three fraud nationwide. what it shows you is that greed has no end. anyone who has ability to
what s happened as of now, the tax preparer is no longer need to obtain a tax i.d. number, pass qualifying exams and don t have to complete these yearly education requirements. however, all of the taxpayers can still volunteer to do all of the above. that is who you want to go to. they still are to get that tax i.d. number, but they don t have to meet education requirements. they don t have a pass a competency test. these are nonprofessionals. so we re not talking about cpa s, tax attorneys, registered agents with the irs. these are nonprofessionals. the mom and pop operations, the local guys, by the way, they usually do a pretty good job. usually at a much fairer price than a cpa firm or one of these national firms. we don t want to paint everybody with the same brush. you just want to make sure they re qualified. they have a history of doing this. good record with the better business bureau. doesn t hurt if they get recommended by an attorney or financial advisor. got to go with yo
a story from wednesday on the federal grant to defunked affiliate acorn. james rosen has details. at a time when the lawmakers and the white house is slashing trillions in federal spending fox news confirmed department of housing development or h.u.d. this year gave $80,000 a group called affordable housing centers of america. alcoa. the money was supposed to be used to help minoritities learn about the housing option but it used to be called acorn housing and alcoa uses the same tax i.d. number, address and personnel of acorn housing. it was in october of 2009 president obama signed in law barring acorn and any acorn affiliate receiving federal funds. the fack of the matter is the intent of congress was clear in 2009. we meant to defund acorn. that s after saboteur videotaped acorn on how to
so people who are stay at home parents, retired or unemployed for a period of years, you cannot write off the jobs expenses, and you cannot write off costs, tony, if they re related to a new kind of field. say you were in manufacturing and now you are looking for a job in nursing, you can t write off the expenses of that job switch. interesting. let me ask you a question before you move on. if you were a student right out of college and you establish a shingle as a new online media company, right, and you got yourself a tax i.d., you become a corporation, can you then potentially write off job expenses, search expenses? if you fire yourself and you are out of work. you have to be out of work. if you put your shingle up, i don t think i would trust myself. i would consult a tax preparation professional before i did something like that.
being pro-business? reminds you of bill clinton, what is the definition of is ? do bears hibernate? is green gecko green? of course he s anti-business. he says it every time he opens his mouth. he still took a bash at the greed of business. the poster boy is the 1099 provision of the poster bill. in 2012, every business has to file 1099 with tax i.d. number and everything else for every transaction above $600. this is going to crush small business with thousands of new paper they file at the i.r.s. he s called him fat cats so is he pro-business? he s not an african, not a muslim, not socialist. the poll cited three-quarters