The latest straight from the IRS — new rules, deadlines, guidance, and announcements explained in plain English.
It doesn’t feel like it could be September already, but it is. And you know what that means: estimated payments are now due. The deadline for making your third quarter estimated tax payments for 2020 is September 15. Who Needs To Make Estimated Payments? Generally, you should make estimated tax payments if you are not…
James (Jim) Robnett has been selected as the next Deputy Chief of CI. Robnett will be responsible for overseeing a worldwide staff of nearly 2,900 CI employees, including approximately 2,000 special agents in 21 Field Offices and 11 foreign countries, who investigate crimes involving tax, money laundering, public corruption, cyber, ID theft, narcotics and terrorist-financing….
Didn’t get a stimulus check this year? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is beginning an outreach program to Americans who typically don’t file federal income tax returns and may be eligible for an Economic Impact Payment (EIP, more commonly known as a stimulus check) but have not yet registered to receive one. As part of…
Got questions about Opportunity Zones? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is offering a free webinar designed to give an overview of Opportunity Zones and related tax benefits for investors. As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), new investments in some economically-distressed areas may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. To qualify, areas…
On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued a directive to the Department of Treasury to allow for the deferral of payroll taxes for the period of September 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. Details were scarce, but a few days later, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested to Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo that the deferral would be voluntary. Today,…
Did you recently receive a penalty notice for your payroll tax deposit even though you remitted the correct amount? You’re not alone. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that a “small population of employers” may have received notice that they were being assessed a failure to deposit penalty – even though the penalty doesn’t…
Did you know that the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) is the only federal agency that devotes 100% of resources to investigating financial crimes? IRS-CI is also the only agency with jurisdiction over federal tax crimes. You can test how much you know about the agency here: [forminator_quiz id=”53599″] How’d you do? For…
After weeks of waiting, tax professionals and taxpayers finally got the word from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): amended returns can now be electronically filed. In May, the IRS had given notice that later this summer, taxpayers would be able to file Form 1040-X, Amended U.S Individual Income Tax Return electronically. Before this year, you could only amend your…
Looking for your interest? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin sending interest payments to individual taxpayers who timely filed their 2019 federal income tax returns and are due refunds. The IRS pegs that number at about 13.9 million taxpayers. In June, the IRS announced that if you were entitled to a 2019 tax refund, individual federal income tax…
If you have an uncashed tax check at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), you’re not alone. Scores of taxpayers and tax professionals have been reaching out about uncashed checks. Making matters worse, the IRS has been sending out underpayment or failure-to-pay notices for those payments. First, you should know that this is clearly a systemic…