I can tell from the letters piling up on my desk: it’s officially correspondence season! Correspondence season is the term that tax professionals use to
Read MoreYear: 2019
Congress Passes Taxpayer First Act
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And again. After a number of iterations, the Taxpayer First Act has finally passed the House
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IRS Tells Taxpayers To Be On The Lookout For Tax Scams
It may be summertime, but that doesn’t mean that scammers are on vacation. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is encouraging taxpayers to be on the
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Free Doughnuts With A Sprinkle Of Tax Tidbits On National Doughnut Day
Are you looking for a little sugar rush today? You’re in luck: It’s National Doughnut Day. Now a national event, the first National Doughnut Day happened
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Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) Working To End Cybercrimes
Technology has changed the world. It’s crazy to me that these days, I could sit on an airplane and send an email to my brother
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Congress Considers Bills To Clarify Tax Treatment Of Post-Graduation Scholarship Grants
Lives were changed during a 2019 commencement address at Morehouse College when self-made billionaire Robert F. Smith announced that he was paying the student debt for the entire
Read MoreIRS Issues Draft Form W-4 To Address Withholding Concerns
Last year, after pushback from taxpayers and tax professionals, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) promised to revisit form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. The IRS issued
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IRS Data Book Shows Agency Is Busier Than Ever
Is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) overwhelmed? It’s a question I’ve been mulling as I’ve sat on the phone for longer and longer hold times
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Congress Stalls On Gold Star Family Tax Fix
On Memorial Day, we’re supposed to honor our fallen soldiers. But some military families aren’t feeling very appreciated this year: Congress still hasn’t fixed the
Read MorePlanned Supervised Injection Site Is Now Tax-Exempt
From the Church of Satan to Key Worldwide Foundation (a target in the recent college admissions scandal), what constitutes tax-exempt status has continued to be a hot button
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