Chicago Accounting Articles

IRS Targeting Abusive Trusts

Last March, the Service sent out a nebulous communication about abusive trusts. The actual text can be found at the following link. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/abusive-trust-tax-evasion-schemes-facts-section-i In the communication,...

IRS Tardy Once Again

Back in the 1960’s, the IRS had a plan to create what is known as a Digital Silo. This is a database that contains all of the 154M income tax returns that are filed annually. The concept is that if all of them are housed in the same place, they’ll be...

US Households Fall Behind On Their Bills

Lenders are seeing an alarming rise in credit card balances and delinquencies on auto loans. This sign that Americans are struggling with their bills is setting off alarms all over the economy. Interest rates have been elevated for the past two years. In that period,...

College Savings Plans Can Now Become Roth IRA’s

I get a lot of questions about what to do with the unused portions of a 529 College Savings Plan. This happens more than one would think when a child receives a scholarship, chooses a less expensive school, or decides not to attend a university at all. What does a...