The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is adding barcode technology to its tax notices. Starting this month, the IRS will add QR codes to certain tax notices. QR stands for quick response, since the code can convey a lot of information to your smartphone in a short period of time. It’s similar to a barcode but…
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…
Last month, the Obama administration announced that between three and six million households – about 2 to 4 % of taxpayers – would be faced with a penalty (or is it a tax?) at tax time for failing to secure “minimum essential coverage” to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as…
The tax gap in the United States is estimated to be about $385 billion. The tax gap is the difference between what the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expects to collect in taxes and what they actually collect. That sounds like a lot of money. And I agree that it is. But considering that the IRS…