Work From Home? Tips to Ensure You Aren’t Overworked According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people who work out of a home office has tripled between 2019 and 2021. This massive increase is mainly due to the pandemic. Prior to COVID-19, it was believed that if workers were not in an office setting, they would slack off while working remotely. However, the opposite has proven to be true. In fact, some studies show that many employees working from home are overworked as their personal and professional lives start to blend. When their home is also their office, do they ever really transition out of work mode? If you have adopted the remote work lifestyle, here are some tips to help ensure that you are not overdoing it. Stick to a start and stop time. In an office setting, employees are instructed when to show up and go home. Some even clock in and out, even for lunch breaks. If you are working from home, maintain regular working hours and avoid the urge to “check just one work thing” outside of your set hours. Log all overtime. On that note, if you do end up working after-hours or more than your slotted hours in the day, record it and “flex” your hours on a different day to balance out the overtime hours. Even if you are just putting in an extra 15 minutes on a Wednesday evening, mark it down — this way, you know just how much extra work you put into a particular task or project. Be vocal. If and when you become overwhelmed, it’s important to say something. When employees are outside of a traditional office setting and faces and body language can’t be observed throughout the day, it can be difficult to know when someone has too much on their plate and is on the verge of burning out. To bridge this gap, be vocal about your workload!
The $16,522.07 Penalty Abatement How We Won Our Clients’ Well-Deserved Refund A year ago, we took on a case brought to us by a couple who severely needed our help. They had a couple of tough years due to COVID-19, and their business wasn’t doing well, on top of the issues that they were experiencing with the IRS. We immediately got to work and found this couple had a tax liability, or owed taxes. These liabilities differ for each individual, some due to missed or late payments and others due to mistakes when filing. However, these owed taxes come with expensive penalties from the IRS, which add up over time. While sometimes penalty abatements are resolved quickly, every circumstance is different. For some people, it can take up to a year to resolve their abatement, as the IRS railroads us during the process, even though it’s our right to dispute them. Today, IRS penalty abatements are much more challenging to receive than they were eight years ago. Getting the IRS to send a check back to the taxpayer is becoming increasingly difficult. But at IRSProb.com, we’re experienced in penalty abatements, and we know the law, so we worked hard to get this couple the refund they deserved. It took us two and a half months of diligent work and attention, but we got our clients a check for $16,522.07 from the U.S. Treasury for their penalties. This certainly isn’t the largest IRS penalty abatement we’ve won during 2022, but it was the most deserved and hardest fought. If one of your clients is struggling with penalties for their tax liabilities, we can help. Give us a call at (214) 214-3000 , so we can start solving their problems with the IRS.
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