Taxes
IRS Warns of Shady Tax Preparers, Advises Taxpayers to Use CPAs or EAs
The Internal Revenue Service is once again warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for unscrupulous income tax return preparers, one of the most common “Dirty Dozen” tax scams seen during tax season.
8 Tips to Reduce the Risk of Identity Theft
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a filing season alert warning taxpayers to watch out for identity theft at tax time, one of the year’s “Dirty Dozen” tax scams. The IRS continues to aggressively pursue the criminals that file fraudulent returns usi
Intuit Partners with Stripe to Simplify Taxes for Self-Employed Workers
Intuit has released a new integration with for marketplaces running on the Stripe online payment network. The features will allow “drivers”, "Rabbits" and "campaign creators" of sharing economy companies to automate tax reporting via the ...
R&D Tax Credit Survives Latest Round of Tax Legislation
The research credit is like the cat with nine lives…except it’s more. This credit, which technically expired after 2013, was just reinstated by the Tax Increase Prevention Act (TIPA) retroactive to January 1, 2014. By last count, it’s the 16th time ...
AICPA Urges Congress to Give IRS More Flexibility on Granting Tax Code Section 9100 Relief
The American Institute of CPAs is urging top tax lawmakers in the U.S. Congress and Senate to give the IRS the authority to grant relief in appropriate situations when taxpayers miss a statutory deadline or make an error in making an election.
6 Tips on Gambling and Income Taxes: Don’t Play the IRS for a Sucker
Gambling losses aren’t completely tax-deductible on their own, but you can write off losses up to the amount of your winnings. Those winnings are taxed at ordinary income rates reaching as high as 39.6% on the federal level.
IRS Shares List of ‘Dirty Dozen’ Income Tax Scams for 2015
Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain near the top of the annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams for the 2015 filing season.
Printable IRS Form 2848 – Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative
Printable IRS Form 2848 - Power of Attorney and Delcaration of Representative