Howard Knudsen CPA

07/07/2025

Submitting my Form 501 to the Secretary of State office to declare my intent to run for Board of Equalization District One.

03/25/2025

I'm booked with work until Tax Day.
Anyone sending documents starting now will have to be extended.

02/01/2024

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/31/1228209266/house-passes-child-tax-credit-expansion

The bill includes $33 billion to expand the widely used child tax credit for three years — including the tax season currently underway, provided the bill quickly passes the Senate.

01/17/2024

Most likely the chance the refundable portion of child tax credit will be expanded effective for your 2023 tax returns. If you have kids, hold off on filing until the changes are implemented.

06/01/2023

🍰Have your retirement cake and eat it too! Send me an email to learn more.🍰

02/22/2023

Motivating phrase of the day: "You'll get a refund of your overpayment with any applicable interest" - IRS
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01/16/2023

Living in a disaster area? House flooded? Tax Day postponed for people living in disaster zones until May 15, 2023. ⛈️☔🌧️

01/13/2023

Positive conclusion to an IRS examination. It you received an audit letter from the IRS or Franchise Tax Board book a free consultation with your a rare CPA with 10 years of experience from within the IRS as a revenue agent.

12/13/2022

In 2022, I've saved taxpayers over $1 million in taxes, penalties and interest.

11/28/2022

Howard Knudsen, CPA is a proud member and supporter of the Mono Lake Committee. Due to water diversions from an arid desert region to Los Angeles the lake has almost dried up. Let's save this lake, while it still exists.

11/09/2022

Hi Clients! Thank you for your support. Because of you Howard Knudsen CPA was able to donate thousands of dollars to a variety causes.

Over $1,000 in donations of goods and services to the people of Ukraine, including donations for medical gear, food, an armored ambulance, and assistance for Ukrainian refugees.

Over $1,000 in donations to humanitarian causes, including:
The Red Cross, Shriner's Children's Hospital, Loaves and Fishes, the Sacramento Food Bank, Norcal Resist, St Jude's Children's hospital.

Over $500 for environmental causes, including the Rainforest Alliance, California Native Plant Society, the Natomas Garden & Arts Collective, Ocean Cleanup, Gold Country Wildlife Rescue.

It's a good start! With your help I look forward to share more goodness to the world. Thank you! 🥰

08/25/2022

Tax bill reduced from $300,000 to $0. Taxpayer sold his primary residence, correctly reported the sale on his tax return, properly applying the home owner exemption. IRS says he didn’t report it. I send a photocopy of the tax return with the sale info circled in red. The IRS responded that he still didn’t report it. I had to resubmit this 2 times before they finally gave in. All the while the taxpayer is battling cancer and the last thing he needed was the stress from an erroneous $300,000 tax bill. Finally he’s free of this tax bill and even better his cancer is in remission.