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Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD

Mike D’Avolio, CPA, JD, is a tax law specialist for Intuit® ProConnect™, where he has worked since 1987. He monitors legislative and regulatory activity, serves as a government liaison, circulates information to employees and customers, analyzes and tests software, trains employees and customers, and serves as a public relations representative.

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Identity Theft Tops the List of This Year’s IRS “Dirty Dozen”

February 7, 2017 (Last Modified: March 6, 2019) / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
Identity Theft Tops the List of This Year’s IRS “Dirty Dozen”The IRS has issued their annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams, and once again, identity theft tops this year’s scams, with phone scams and phishing schemes ranked second and third, respectively. You can help your clients – and your...

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Helping Your Self-Employed and On-Demand Clients Implement a Great Financial Strategy

February 7, 2017 (Last Modified: October 16, 2017) / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
Helping Your Self-Employed and On-Demand Clients Implement a Great Financial StrategyOn-demand work is a rapidly growing alternative to the 9-to-5 job, and companies such as Uber, Airbnb and GrubHub are effectively reshaping the economy. Workers can set their own schedule, work a variety of jobs at the same time and...

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Lacerte® Team Receives Warm Welcome From Many Loyal Customers

February 2, 2017 / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
Lacerte® Team Receives Warm Welcome From Many Loyal CustomersFrom Nov. 10 through Dec. 9, 2016, two teams of Intuit® ProConnect™ Lacerte® instructors visited and trained more than 1,900 loyal customers in 15 cities across the country in California, Maryland, New York, Illinois, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and Texas. The...

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Advising Your Self-Employed Driver Clients: Don’t Overlook Lucrative Mileage Deductions

January 31, 2017 (Last Modified: February 3, 2017) / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
Advising Your Self-Employed Driver Clients: Don’t Overlook Lucrative Mileage DeductionsYou may have some part-time or full-time Uber/Lyft drivers and traditional truck drivers as clients. These drivers must keep track of their miles, in order to deduct business vehicle expenses, which can seriously lower their tax burden. Depending on what...

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Help Your Clients Jumpstart Retirement Savings With a myRA Account

January 27, 2017 (Last Modified: March 6, 2019) / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
Help Your Clients Jumpstart Retirement Savings With a myRA AccountAccording to IRS statistics, about 73 percent of individual income taxpayers receive refunds, and the average refund is almost $2,900. However, many fail to save for retirement or save too little. With this in mind, the U.S. Department of Treasury established...

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Coaching Your Self-Employed Clients on Taxes

January 19, 2017 / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
Coaching Your Self-Employed Clients on TaxesThe self-employed workforce, which today accounts for 55 million Americans, or roughly 36 percent of the American workforce, is rapidly growing. This is a great time of the year to connect with your self-employed clients and coach them with small business-related...

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4 Tips and Tricks for ProSeries® to Save You Time

January 17, 2017 (Last Modified: January 25, 2017) / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
4 Tips and Tricks for ProSeries® to Save You TimeAs you head into tax season, there are four features about Intuit® ProConnect™ ProSeries® you should know about to help save time. #1: Tax Return Input Guidance. One key to saving time is understanding the Forms Index, the main index for...

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4 Tips and Tricks for Lacerte® to Save You Time

January 17, 2017 (Last Modified: January 25, 2017) / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
4 Tips and Tricks for Lacerte® to Save You TimeAs you head into tax season, there are four features about Intuit® ProConnect™ Lacerte® you should know about to help save time. #1: Client Status. Client Status is a workflow tool for managing returns in various stages of completion. It can...

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What to Tell Your Clients About Tax Refund Delays

January 10, 2017 / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
What to Tell Your Clients About Tax Refund DelaysIn December, the IRS announced tax season will start Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, and will begin accepting electronic tax returns that day. More than 153 million individual tax returns are expected to be filed in 2017. As a result of...

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ACA and Employers: How Workforce Size Affects Responsibilities

November 28, 2016 (Last Modified: May 3, 2019) / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
ACA and Employers: How Workforce Size Affects ResponsibilitiesIt is the third year for reporting for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and many new business owners may be wondering if there are any actions they need to take to ensure their business and employees are in compliance. Here’s...

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TIGTA Recommends IRS Step Up Hobby Loss Examinations

November 10, 2016 (Last Modified: March 6, 2019) / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
TIGTA Recommends IRS Step Up Hobby Loss ExaminationsUnder Internal Revenue Code Section 183, business tax deductions are disallowed for any activity that is “not engaged in for profit.” Better known as the “hobby loss provision,” Section 183 states that an activity is for profit if it is...

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IRS Announces Tax Benefits, Pension Plans and Other Changes for 2017

November 2, 2016 / Mike D'Avolio, CPA, JD
IRS Announces Tax Benefits, Pension Plans and Other Changes for 2017Recently, the IRS made several announcements regarding information all tax professionals should know about, as well as pass along to their clients: Technical guidance for cost of living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for...

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