Have you filed your 2010 taxes yet?

This year's filing deadline for your individual 2010 taxes is October 17, 2011. If you owe taxes and file even one day after that date, you will have 5% of the tax due as a penalty added on, for each month, or part of a month you are late, up to 5 months. After that, it is ½% for each month. Moreover, you will have 4% interest added on retroactive to April 15th of this year. Business returns for corporations, partnerships, and LLCs are due 30 days earlier. Really!

You may totally lose your refunds!

If you haven't filed your 2008 tax returns or if you need to amend them to get a refund, then you only have until April 15, 2012, to file your return. After that, you totally lose any refund you might have had even if the refund is several thousand dollars. Really? Honest! You wouldn't believe how often this happens. I just prepared 10 years for a guy who lost over $25,000 in refunds he thought he was going to get.

Good news! We're here for you!

If you haven't filed yet, here are your alternatives. Of course, if you are already one of our clients, just send us your stuff or call us for an appointment. We'll take it from there. Don't wait for that last, one more piece of paper you can't find. We'll help you figure out what to do.

1) Download the 2010 Questionnaire and fill it out. Send it to us. We will review it and tell you how much it will cost and let you know what might be missing. You can scan your stuff, fax, mail, or even drop it off. Don't forget that it costs you close to 60 cents for every mile you drive. At least we have free parking!

2) Call us at 408-236-2444 and schedule an appointment to meet with your preferred preparer. Linda, Tawni or Rachel will help you. If you are Jerry's client, be sure to get on his schedule earlier or you might get stuck with Sabra (you should be so lucky!).

3) If you're not yet a client, we would love to take care of these for you, even if you have several years of tax returns to file. Just give us a call at 408-236-2444 for a free consultation and you are on your way to losing your stress.

Here's what happens every year!

Every year, since the dawn of man, the super procrastinators wait until sometime around October 1st to start this process. If you just have a W2, unemployment or Social Security, then no problem. However, when you have a bunch of rentals or a business.....then there is a problem! Oh, yeah! We'll probably get it done by the absolute, drop-dead deadline, but it will cost you! There is no free lunch on this one. We will still love you and treat your with great respect, we just ask you to do the same to us. It is like a teenager coming home late from a date. They are still loved but mercy and justice is meted out with a little pain!

So...why not call today and let us know what you want to do?