The Arithmetic of 2032
Retirement & Fiscal Policy Social Security is neither a fraud nor a mystery. It is a math problem with a known deadline, a short list of workable levers, and a narrowing window in which to pull them. Jessica Marschall, CPA · Marschall Accounting Services, LLC · July 2026 In our tax practice, the question of […]
Read MoreBuilding the Next Generation of CPAs: AI, the Pipeline, and the Case for Calling Us Professionals
Perspectives on the Profession Building the Next Generation of CPAs: AI, the Pipeline, and the Case for Calling Us Professionals By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA June 17th, 2026 The accounting profession is facing a talent shortage that, by most honest accounts, has reached a crisis stage. Writing in The CPA Journal, observers no longer describe […]
Read MoreExpatriate Tax for US Taxpayers Living Abroad
CLIENT ADVISORY A planning overview, with country sections for Canada, Costa Rica, Ireland, Colombia, and Spain Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA June 4th, 2026 Why this conversation is happening now US clients are increasingly asking what it would take to live, work, and possibly hold citizenship in another country. Some are responding to political and economic […]
Read MoreThe Federal Reclassification of Accounting Misses the Mark: Why CPAs Are, and Have Always Been, Professionals
By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA, ISA AM President and CEO, The Green Mission Inc., GM-ESG, and Probity Appraisal Group President and CEO, Marschall Accounting Services LLC May 8th, 2026 In early May 2026, the U.S. Department of Education issued final regulations implementing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act provisions governing federal graduate student loan eligibility, […]
Read MoreWhy We Expanded Our Tax Advisory Services at MAS LLC
By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA April 28th, 2026 MAS LLC | www.MarschallTax.com Like most CPAs serving small businesses, we have been underwater with demand for tax advisory services. Our specific client base, small businesses (whether pass-through entities or small C corps) and the individuals running them, sits in a difficult middle space. The excellent larger […]
Read MoreREAL ESTATE INVESTMENT STRATEGY
A Practical Tax Guide for Individual and Small Business Clients By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA, ISA AM President and CEO, MAS LLC | The Green Mission Inc. | GM-ESG | Probity Appraisal Group April 2026 Introduction Real estate has long served as one of the most powerful wealth-building vehicles available to individual investors and small […]
Read MoreThe Tax Preparer Problem Is Bigger Than You Think – And It Tracks With Everything We See
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY | TAX PRACTICE By Jessica Marschall | March 2026 A recent report from the Center for Taxpayer Rights sent undercover investigators into tax preparation offices across six states, and what they found was alarming. Non-credentialed paid preparers routinely failed to ask basic questions about household composition and income. When they did ask, their […]
Read MoreYour Tax Preparer Committed Fraud. You Pay the Price.
A federal court ruling makes clear: if your preparer filed a fraudulent return, the IRS can audit you decades later, even if you had no idea what was happening. By Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA March 19, 2026 The Case That Should Get Every Taxpayer’s Attention Here is a case out of Tax Court that should […]
Read MoreThe Patchwork Problem: State Conformity with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
TAX POLICY ANALYSIS | MARCH 2026 How diverging state tax laws are creating compliance complexity for businesses and individuals across America EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Enacted on July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) introduced sweeping changes to the federal tax code. However, federal law is only the starting point. Most states base their […]
Read MoreQSBS Eligibility Evaluation and Ongoing Compliance Consulting
MAS LLC Tax Advisory & Consulting Services QSBS Eligibility Evaluation and Ongoing Compliance Consulting Expanded Advisory Services for New and Existing Clients February 2026 Jessica Irving Marschall, CPA, ISA AM President & CEO, MAS LLC Fredericksburg, Virginia Why QSBS Matters More Than Ever The Qualified Small Business Stock exclusion under Internal Revenue Code Section 1202 […]
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