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The April 18th Tax Filing Deadline
With less than 2 weeks to go, we are quickly running out of appointment time slots if you want to come into the office. Schedule now, while we have time slots available. Alternatively, we can file an extension and get you in the office the week of the 25th or later.
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Just An April Fools Day Reminder…
No pranks are allowed in the office on this “Day of Fools” as we approach the tax filing deadline that falls on April 18th this year. “And No, that is not a Joke about the deadline being moved to the 18th this year. The deadline for filing your Federal Taxes this year is Monday, April…
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For Our Georgia Resident Clients
The Georgia General Assembly annually considers updating certain provisions of state tax law in response to federal changes to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). There were two IRC update bills this year, House Bill 7EX and House Bill 265. source: Income Tax Federal Tax Changes | Georgia Department of Revenue House Bill 7EX was signed…
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Thank You CWS Security!
Right in our busiest time of the year, we had to replace some of the old Cat 5 cabling in the office. The newest Dell workstations were dropping network connectivity and it turned out to be the firmware in the latest Intel network cards being incompatible with the older Category 5 cabling.
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The Roads are Clear in Arab
We got a little snow in the early morning hours, but the roads are clear. We have clients scheduled to come in from Oneonta, Gadsden, Huntsville, Memphis, Boaz, Albertville, Madison and Decatur. So far, no cancellations or reschedules.
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Local Telephone Company, OTELCO, Has Problems
Our local telephone company, OTELCO, has a problem again. Our phones were down all day yesterday. Still down this morning. Trying to get them to address it this morning.
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Good News for Early Filers
“Keep Copies” of your electronically filed returns are on the way! Although we’ve been able to file returns electronically since January 24th, we were unable to print the paper versions of the forms until yesterday when the software update came. We had a backlog of 645 files, all of which had been filed, just not…
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Remote Telephone Appointments have become Routine for Many
Many of our clients are uploading their tax documents to us through our Secure Portal. It’s fast, easy and most of all very secure. You can too! Simply go to the Cook & Co. Tax Advisors Portal… Once you’re in your private portal space, you simply drag and drop documents or select “Browse File” under…
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Cook and Company Welcomes Three New Staff
Karen will be running our Mail Station this season. Many of you may know Cheryl, who is helping us this season at the Receptionist station. Her husband Garry worked here many years and passed away last year. Patrick is serving as our Document Management Specialist. We could not process the workload in this ten week…
