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IRS News
Where Are Those 87,000 IRS Agents?
Within days of the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act in August, the IRS, having received an estimated $80 billion windfall, put out the call for new agents. You might have seen the posts on social media – memes and … Read More
The Rundown on the Higher Taxes You’re Going To Pay
There’s a lot of potential “good” stuff in the Inflation Reduction Act, but to put it simply, if you make less than $200,000 annually, Congress has raised your taxes. The estimated $16.7 billion in the United States’ new law is … Read More
Calculate Your Stimulus Payment
This is called the economic impact payment by the IRS. The max per taxpayer is $1,200 and $2,400 per married filing joint couple. For each qualifying child there is an additional $500. The phase out starts depending on your filings … Read More
COVID-19 is Even Affecting Net Operating Losses (NOL)
The Internal Revenue Service this week issued guidance providing tax relief under the CARES Act for taxpayers with net operating losses, in addition the agency issued tax relief for partnerships filing amended returns. COVID Relief for taxpayers claiming NOLsRevenue Procedure 2020-24 provides … Read More
IRS Extends More Tax Deadlines
The Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service this week announced extensions of additional key tax deadlines for individuals and businesses. Last month, the IRS announced that taxpayers generally have until July 15, 2020, to file and pay federal income taxes … Read More
Will the Equifax Data Breach Affect My Tax Filing?
The IRS has relayed some information about the Equifax data breach that affected around 143 million tax payers that although it exposed names, social security numbers, and addresses it would be near impossible to use this to file a fraudulent … Read More
Tax Relief For Victims of Hurricane Irma
According to the IRS website there is tax relief for those affected here in Florida by hurricane Irma. Taxpayers on an extension for their 2016 tax return that ends October 16, 2017 now have until the end of January to … Read More
Expect 2016 Tax Refund Delays
There is a new federal tax law that will cause a delay in received refunds in 2017 for the tax year 2016 filings. If you planed on filing your tax return as early as possible you will have to wait … Read More
Recent Tax Bill Scam
The IRS is making people aware of a recent tax bill scam. This scam involves sending people fake IRS tax notices that say the tax payer owes more money due to the Affordable Care Act. They clearly chose this component … Read More