Sentence examples for preparation firm from inspiring English sources

Today I work for a tax preparation firm at about one-fifth of what I used to make.

H&R Block, the tax preparation firm, for instance, said recently that it might not be able to complete the sale of its deteriorating mortgage business, Option One, to the equity buyout firm Cerberus.

Lena Diethelm, an enrolled agent at the tax preparation firm Numbershuffler in Palo Alto, Calif., said she had heard many similar stories from workers in Silicon Valley and faults brokers for urging employees to borrow to pay taxes.

Mr. Dooner, 29, works in Washington as the director of operations and marketing of AccuFirst, a personal income-tax preparation firm based in Toms River; his father is the president.

But the center's report noted that some tax preparers are offering new twists on the loans using nonbank partners, and included the tax preparation firm Jackson Hewitt on its list.

A1 Company Accused of Tax Fraud The Justice Department asked a federal judge to shut down a tax preparation firm that it says promotes income tax fraud and contends has bilked the government and 100,000 customers out of millions of dollars.

New York officials filed civil complaints on Thursday against two tax preparation firms that offer high-interest loans against income-tax refunds, saying the companies had aimed the loans at low-income black and Hispanic families and military families in violation of state antidiscrimination laws.

The biggest tax preparation firms, H & R Block and Jackson Hewitt, a unit of Cendant, and their lending partners, Household International and Pacific Capital Bancorp, profit by preparing tax returns and then lending customers the amount of their payment or refund at high interest rates until it arrives.

The tax preparation firms earn hundreds of millions of dollars annually by charging administrative and processing fees on top of those interest payments, even though most taxpayers who file online can get their federal income tax refund directly from the Internal Revenue Service, at no cost, within 10 days of filing, according to state officials.

The Council has been critical of tax preparation firms that offer rapid-refund loans, saying that consumers who use them are often charged excessive fees when they can receive their full refund, with no interest payments due, in as little as 10 days.

Tax preparation firms already offer this kind of insurance.