Tax News

Filing an amended return used to mean completing a paper form, regardless of how taxpayers submitted the original return to the Internal Revenue Service. During the pandemic, paper-filed returns presented processing challenges that contributed to a historic backlog at the Internal Revenue Service. Nearly two years after the IRS first began allowing electronic filing for…

After the 2022 tax season found the Internal Revenue Service spread thinner than ever before, the agency is taking steps to ensure that the first few months of 2023 go far more smoothly. How is the IRS working to get ahead of staffing issues in the upcoming tax season? In addition to creating job openings…

Victims receive extended deadlines, deferred taxes, and more When disaster strikes, the government’s disaster-declaration process can help victims recover from financial losses. Governors in affected states submit a major disaster area request to the president through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); if granted, one benefit victims receive is tax relief. Generally, this relief allows…

New filing deadlines for more Hurricane Ian victims The Internal Revenue Service this week announced tax relief for victims of Hurricane Ian who reside or operate a business anywhere in North Carolina and South Carolina. Like relief granted to storm victims in Florida, the agency is delaying several federal filing and payment deadlines. Each state…

Singer Neil Sadaka was right: breaking up is hard to do. For clients in the process of ending their marriage, there is more to consider than a simple separation of assets. Whether legally separating or divorcing, they could be facing big changes in their individual tax situations—and the Internal Revenue Service recently highlighted information that…

Due to rising gasoline prices, the Internal Revenue Service has taken the rare step of increasing its optional standard mileage rates for the last six months of the 2022 tax year. These rates are significant since taxpayers use them to calculate the deductible costs of operating a vehicle for business purposes.   Typically, the IRS…

It’s a tight job market out there, and many employers are struggling to recruit and retain qualified employees to maintain operations. While tax pros can’t provide employees for their clients’ businesses, they can explain tax benefits like the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). This credit is designed to reward employers who hire long-term unemployment recipients…

It’s National Small Business Week, and this year’s theme is “Building a Better America Through Entrepreneurship.” Fittingly, the Internal Revenue Service is observing the occasion by providing free, tax-related resources to entrepreneurs entering the big world of small business.  Whether you currently serve business clients or want to start attracting entrepreneurs to your practice, this…

The Internal Revenue Service is giving some filers a firm but friendly tap on the shoulder, letting them know some of the forms they’ve filed don’t match up with the agency’s records. Financial institutions, businesses or even regular individual taxpayers could see a notice in the mail. The notices, CP2100 or CP2100A, go out twice…

The Internal Revenue Service is continuing in its effort to give taxpayers the very latest information right up to the end of tax season, by updating its frequently asked questions (FAQs) for the 2021 Rebate Recovery Credit a second time this year. The updated portions are spelled out in Fact Sheet FS-2022-27 on the IRS…