The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have announced that the 2019 tax filing deadline remains July 15, 2020. Due to COVID-19, the original filing deadline and tax payment due date for 2019 was postponed from April 15, 2020, to July 15, 2020. With many states still under travel and work…
Just in time for the busiest weekend for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Commissioner Chuck Rettig issued a message to taxpayers. In the video previously posted on YouTube (but no longer available), Rettig shares important information for the 2019 tax filing season. There are, he says, three things can you count on this filing season:…
IRS has been back to work almost a week. But with reports of backlogs and piled up correspondence, what does it mean for taxpayers?
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) has introduced H.R. 2009, referred to as the Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The bill would bar IRS from enforcing the health care act as a result of the most recent tax exempt organization scandal.
Attorney Henry Klingeman claims that “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars Teresa Giudice and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice are being prosecuted because of their celebrity. Is he right?
This week, Rashia Wilson received a record sentence for her role in a massive identity theft scam used to defraud the Treasury. Wilson, together with her boyfriend and colleague, used stolen identities to bilk the IRS out of nearly $20 million.
It is with regret that I will be departing from the IRS as my acting assignment ends in early June. This has been an incredibly difficult time for the IRS given the events of the past few days, and there is a strong and immediate need to restore public trust in the nation’s tax agency….
The Internal Revenue Service will remain open for business next Monday, July 22, 2013, despite a previously scheduled furlough day. The furlough was to be the fourth in a series of five furlough days this season. The first three of those days went on as planned on May 24, June 14 and July 5. On…
Remember those pesky IRS bonuses? Last month, despite a directive from the Obama administration for agencies to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts, the Internal Revenue Service appeared to be moving ahead with plans to distribute $70 million in employee bonuses. Now, that’s changing. Danny Werfel, who is now serving as the Acting…
The Internal Revenue Service will shutter its doors for the third time this summer as part of a series of furlough days. The next day for closure is coming up quickly: Friday, July 5, 2013. The furloughs are a reaction to the current budget situation, which includes the sequester. On furlough days, the IRS will…