Trying to reach IRS over the long weekend? Hoping to use e-Services to file by the extension, match a TIN or other service? You’re out of luck until Tuesday.
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Taxpayers Freaking Out Over 2015 Tax Refund Hoax
Earlier this week, a panicked reader shot me the link to an article with this headline: 2014 Federal Tax Refunds To Be Delayed Until October
Read MoreIRS Says One Million Tax Payments Made In 2014 Through Direct Pay
The Internal Revenue Service has reached the one million mark. In a statement released today, the IRS announced that it has processed over one million
Read MoreIRS Hit With Class Action Suit Over Tax Preparer User Fees
700,000. That’s the number of potential plaintiffs in a class action suit filed today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Read MoreIRS Still Struggling With Tax Treatment Of Immigrants, Changes Rules Again
Tax refund fraud costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. In an effort to curb fraud, the Internal Revenue Service has made a number of
Read MoreJudicial Watch Claims IRS Attorneys Admit Lois Lerner's 'Missing' Emails Exist
So do they or don’t they? After maintaining for quite some time that Lois Lerner’s emails are completely, definitely gone (maybe), it turns out that
Read MoreTax Revenues Still On Pace To Break Records In 2014
If you felt like your wallet was a few dollars lighter this year, you’re likely right. New tax changes which went into effect for the
Read MoreTIGTA, IRS Warn Phone Scam Continues As Fraudsters Rake In Millions
Five million dollars. That’s how much money the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) estimates that victims have lost to the most recent IRS
Read MoreIRS Imposes New Limits On Tax Refunds By Direct Deposit
While taxpayers were popping returns into the mail this year, scammers were busy trying to figure out how to cash in. The Internal Revenue Service
Read MoreTaxpayer Advocate Report Focuses On Taxpayer Bill Of Rights, Refunds, & Tax-Exempt Organizations
It’s that time of year: the National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina Olson, has submitted her mid-year report to the House Committee on Ways and Means and
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