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Dave DuVal

Dave Du Val, EA, is the Chief Customer Advocacy Officer for TaxAudit. At TaxAudit, he ensures that the entire team is on the forefront of tax education, research, best practices, and audit representation. He is an Enrolled Agent and federally authorized tax practitioner, who has prepared thousands of returns during his career and has trained and mentored hundreds of tax professionals. He is a member of the National Association of Tax Professionals, the National Association of Enrolled Agents, and the California Society of Enrolled Agents. He is a frequent guest speaker for the California Society of Tax Consultants, the California Society of Enrolled Agents, and the National Association of Tax Professionals.

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Digital Currency

The Taxability of Cryptocurrency

This past year, cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin, saw a meteoric rise in popularity and usage. Once considered something that is only utilized by cutting-edge tech gurus, cyber criminals, and those who trade on the black market, cryptocurrency ...

Security

Tax Identity Theft and Your Clients: 5 Steps to Finding Peace

With the Equifax data breach exposing the personal identifiable information (PII) of 143 million Americans this year, we will need to be prepared to receive and answer more concerns than ever from our clients about tax related identify theft this ...

Combating Tax-Related Identity Theft

Millions of Americans have their identities stolen each year with 15.4 million victims in 2016, according to Javelin Strategy & Research. This year's Equifax breach may have exposed ten times that number: 143 million. Tax-related identity theft remains...

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Auditing

The Three Most Misunderstood Tax Deductions (Even for Tax Professionals)

Each year during tax time the “most overlooked” tax deductions get a lot of press. And every year the lists include the same deductions, such as state sales tax, student loan interest, job hunting costs, and moving expenses.

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The Almost (But Not Quite) Automatic First Time Penalty Abatement

Has a client ever forgotten to give you a reporting document while you were preparing their taxes? Have you ever had a new client who needs your help addressing a notice or audit letter? In circumstances like these, in which the tax liability may have ...

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Accounting

Four Tips for Maximizing Your Clients’ Education Benefits

If you have clients with college age children, now may be a good time to refresh your knowledge about the various tax education benefits that are available and the strategies for making the most of them. Here are four tips that can help you determine ...

Helping Your Clients Understand Basis for Tax Purposes

Sometimes, in dealing with clients, it is easy to slip into using tax lingo − terms that your tax professional colleagues are familiar with, but that may not be so recognizable to the average Joe or Jane. One of these terms is “basis,” and a little ...

Artificial Intelligence

April 2017 Tax Channel

Sometimes, in dealing with clients, it is easy to slip into using tax lingo − terms that your tax professional colleagues are familiar with, but that may not be so recognizable to the average Joe or Jane. One of these terms is “basis,” and a little ...

5 Year-End Tax Tips for 2016

It’s that time again. It’s the second half of the fourth quarter of the year ─ time for cooler weather, the holidays, and year-end tax planning. If you have a crystal ball, or you have engaged the services of Karnack the Magnificent, read no further ...

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Tips for Handling October Tax Clients

Chances are they’ve waited until the last minute because they are reluctant to face the possibility of a large tax bill, and/or the paper work involved is just too unpleasant for them to deal with, so the task has been pushed to the bottom of their ...

Auditing

Audits & Notices: Perils, Pitfalls and Questions to Consider as You Prepare to Represent Your Client

With the 2016 “audit season” in full swing, there’s a strong likelihood that one or more of your clients has already received ─ or soon will receive ─ an audit, notice, or other type of tax-related correspondence. From information mismatch notices, to ...

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Income Tax

3 Income Tax Surprises and Their Warning Signs

Wouldn’t it be nice if our clients contacted us before making any type of financial transaction with a tax consequence? Unfortunately, many of us as tax advisors are out of sight, out of mind, and out of the loop most of the year, leaving our ...