IRS Lacks Budget to Better Educate Taxpayers on IRA Minimum Distribution Rules
A new government report urges the Internal Revenue Service to do a better job of educating and notifying taxpayers about provisions of the tax code requiring them to begin taking minimum distributions...
View Article710,000 ACA Tax Credit Recipients Didn’t File Tax Returns
Approximately 710,000 taxpayers who received the Advanced Premium Tax Credit for buying health insurance last year have not filed their tax returns or filed for an extension. Orrin Hatch In a letter to...
View ArticleTax Fraud Blotter: Lot of Trouble
Two of our favorite recent tax fraud cases. New York: The U.S. has filed to permanently bar a former preparer Ranti Azeez-Taiwo and his tax prep business from preparing federal returns for others. The...
View ArticleCongress Changes Business Tax-Filing Due Dates
A short-term highway-funding bill passed by the Senate on Thursday contains a number of tax-related provisions, including changing the due dates for partnership and C corporation tax returns. The...
View ArticleEarly years of a public accounting career
It seems to me that a significant element of the young CPA retention issue is failed expectations. That’s why I want to communicate clearer expectations for what life is like in the early years of...
View ArticleCompanies Tap Brakes on ‘Cadillac’ Plan Shift Amid Anti-Tax Push
(Bloomberg) After years of passing on more and more health-care costs to employees, companies are slowing their adoption of high-deductible plans next year, according to a survey of more than 100 large...
View ArticleExtra 220,000 Hit by IRS ‘Get Transcript Breach’
The IRS revealed today that approximately 220,000 more taxpayers than it had previously announced were affected by a breach in its “Get Transcript” Web app. The breach, which was announced in May (see...
View ArticleIRS Sued for Data Breach
A group of law firms has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of an estimated 330,000 taxpayers who were affected by a data breach in the IRS’s online Get...
View ArticleTax Strategies Scan: Teaching Kids to Invest
Best ways for kids to invest gift money: Parents can teach their children to invest their gift money in stocks, mutual funds and other investments by creating a custodial account under the Uniform...
View ArticleIRS Scrutinizes Real Estate Spinoffs
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice and revenue procedure indicating it is studying issues related to the spinoff of real estate assets for tax reasons. Notice 2015-59, which was issued...
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