To our valued clients, Idaho Governor Brad Little issued a stay-at-home order yesterday, March 25.  Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued a stay-at-home order on Wednesday as well, effective March 27 through April 10.  We expect North Dakota to issue something similar in the days ahead. WSS CPAs is in the critical business category and our Sandpoint employees will...Read More

Meet WSS CPAs & Consultants We have new partners… and a new office in Fargo For those who have known us for two-plus decades as the full-service accounting firm Williams & Parsons, PC, we have some big news: We’ve expanded, with new partners, a new name and a second office in Fargo, N.D. Company co-founder Brad...Read More

Congress to U.S. Citizens: Pay Your Income Tax or Forfeit Your Passport A common question from the EXPAT community is what happens if I do not pay my US Taxes? Well for the first time, in addition to facing various IRS actions, a US Citizen could lose their US Passport and their ability to travel...Read More

IRS Simplifies Entering the New Streamlined Filing Program We get new clients every week who have been living outside the US and are not filing their U.S. Income Tax Returns as required. Up until the Fall of 2012 we did not have much good news to tell these people. But in the Fall of 2012...Read More

September is a month that marks many endings and many beginnings. Summer ends as the warm weather starts to fade away. Kids are heading back to school to meet new teachers and prepare for a new year. From a financial perspective, September is also a great time for a quick reboot of your financial mind-set....Read More

The Term “personal finance” refers to how you manage your money and how you plan for your future. All of your financial decisions and activities have an effect on your financial health now and in the future. We are often guided by specific rules of thumb – such as “don’t buy a house that costs...Read More

Streamlined Disclosure Program Won’t Continue Indefinitely A streamlined version of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, designed to bring taxpayers with unreported assets overseas into tax compliance, will end after the IRS determines there’s no way a taxpayer who wanted to participate couldn’t have heard about the process, Commissioner John Koskinen said. “At some point, we...Read More