Tax & Money Tips

It can be difficult to decipher legitimate communications from scams these days, especially when it comes to your taxes and finances. Unfortunately, criminals impersonating the IRS—whether by phone, email or even in person—is quite common, and costs innocent taxpayers time, money and security. However, there are some things to keep in mind to protect you […]

On May 31, 2018, Governor Dannel Malloy signed Public Act 18-49, which is a bill that responded to the Federal Tax Reform Legislation passed in December 2017. The Federal Tax Reform limited the deduction to $10,000 of state and local income and property taxes and this is the States response to circumvent this limitation. The Public

Did you know the IRS has an internal Taxpayer Advocate’s office, whose mission is to review processes and recommend ways to improve tax laws and systems? It’s good to know there are some serious internal reviews happening, and we hope they’ll lead to improvements. In a recently released report, the advocates identified areas for improvement

We often remind clients to ignore phone callers who say they are calling from the IRS. The IRS does not contact people by phone, only by mail. However, now criminals have figured out a way to scam people with fake IRS tax bill notices sent by mail or email.

Our own Christine Gromala explains tax breaks regarding Qualified Charitable Donations, IRAs, and your adjusted gross income.

Steve Moalli of Bailey Murphy + Scarano presented at the 2015-16 Management Cohort, sponsored by the Credit Union League of Connecticut (CULC).