Chris Clark

IRS Offers Top 10 Tax Tips

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IRS News:

The IRS mails millions of notices and letters to taxpayers each year.

There are a variety of reasons why the IRS might send someone a notice.

Here are the top 10 tips to know in case a notice arrives:

 

  • Don’t panic. You often can take care of a notice simply by responding to it.
  • An IRS notice typically will be about your federal tax return or tax account. It will be about a specific issue, such as changes to your account. It may ask you for more information. It could also explain that you owe tax and that you need to pay the amount that is due.
  • Each notice has specific instructions, so read it carefully.
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New Mexico Hikes And Outings For April 25 – June 30

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SIERRA CLUB News:
 

All Sierra Club outings are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Participants must contact outings leader beforehand. For updates, see riograndesierraclub.org/.

Saturday, April 25: Strenuous loop hike to Yapashi Pueblo and Stone Lions in Bandelier. Starting at the visitors center, we will take the usual route to Yapashi and Stone Lions, but return via the Upper Alamo Canyon trail crossing and the Frijoles Rim trail. Early start. About 15 miles and 2,300-foot elevation gain. Larry, lorenz.hughes@gmail.com 505.913.0589 Read More

Eligible Employers Have Until April 30 To Make Request

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― Businesses and tax-exempt organizations planning to claim the  work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) for eligible workers hired during 2014 have until April 30 to request the certification required for these workers, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
 
Newly revised Form 8850 (https:////www.irs.gov/uac/Form-), now available on IRS.gov, is used by employers to request certification from their state workforce agency. The Tax Increase Prevention Act, enacted Dec. 19, 2014, retroactively extended this credit for one
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2015 Poster Artist For Taos Fall Arts Festival

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‘Sacred Spaces’ by Poster Artist, Meredith Mason Garcia. Courtesy/TFAF
 
TFAF News:
 
The Board of Directors of the Taos Fall Arts Festival is pleased to announce its 2015 Poster Artist, Meredith Mason Garcia, with her photograph “Sacred Spaces” as the image for the 41st Annual Festival.
 
Last year, the Taos Fall Arts Festival showcased 40 years of posters and artists with a special anniversary book and a public program of poetry, storytelling and music inspired by these images. With the positive public response to the expanded
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Letter To The Editor: The Poison On The Tip Of The Veto Pen

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By Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino
D-12-Bernalillo

I am once again astonished at how little attention is given by the mainstream press in this city to the damage that is done by the veto pen. 

Instead of simply working out the arithmetic of how many vetoes are exercised by the Governor or how that percentage of nullifying actions compares to previous Governors’ vetoes, it would be refreshing, and a genuine contribution to the enlightenment of the voting public if the Journal, for example, would actually write about what damage those vetoes have done.

Of course one person’s “damage”

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Woodroffe Has Best Prediction In Weekly Pace Race

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ACRR News:
 
Jesse Woodroffe had the top prediction in the weekly pace race held out on North Mesa by the Rodeo Arena. He was only 2 seconds off his predicted time. 
 
Lauraine Maness was next with a 3 second differential followed by Jessica Baumgaertel at 4 seconds off. Cecilia Rivenburgh and Ted Romero were both at 7 seconds.
 
In the 1 mile course Reid Rivenburgh was the first finisher at 9:56. The top female was Sue Elkins recording a 12:51.
 
Ted Romero was the top finisher in the 3 mile distance with a 20:33 and Nikol Strother
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SBA New Mexico Hires Deputy District Director

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Kerrie Hurd
 
SBA News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the appointment of Kerrie Hurd as the Deputy District Director for New Mexico, to oversee the daily operations of the district office and assist with the delivery of the SBA’s programs and services throughout the state.
 
SBA New Mexico District Director John Woosley said, “I am very happy to have Kerrie join the New Mexico team. Her finance and economic development experience, combined with her status as a retired Army officer, will help her make a great contribution
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SFI: ‘Impact Of Topology On Dynamical Processes Over Networks – Connectivity And Competition Matters’

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June Zhang Carnegie Mellon University
 
SFI News:
 
Santa Fe Institute (SFI) seminar “Impact of Topology on Dynamical Processes over Networks: Connectivity and Competition Matters” 12:15 p.m. Monday, April 27 in the Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.

Abstract: Networks capture relationships between interactive agents in a population. Dynamical processes, such as epidemics, over networks is frequently used as a model to understand how information/virus/rumors/ opinions/failures spread amongst agents in a heterogenous population.

The inclusion

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Heinrich Introduces Bill To Streamline Approval Of New Energy Transmission Projects To Help Modernize Grid

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SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced a bill today, S. 1017, to amend the 80-year-old Federal Power Act to provide the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) narrow authority to approve and site new priority electric transmission lines in cases where local or state approval processes have been unsuccessful.

Ensuring that transmission projects get timely regulatory approvals, especially when there are multiple jurisdictions involved, is critical to building a robust 21st

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