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Zone & Co Launches ZoneBilling AI Assistant
IRS Extends Tax Deadlines Until May For Helene Victims
Avantax Acquires SEP Financial Services
Sovos Launches Indirect Tax Suite for SAP, Enhances Clean Core Readiness
What’s In (And Not In) Your Social Security Account?
Someone just asked TaxMama if there is a way to get her father’s earnings information from back in 1977-78. She needs it because his income in those years is not on his Social Security record.
ObamaCare’s Evolution… The Top 10 Changes (So Far)
With about a month to go before the open enrollment period for Obamacare ends – the official deadline is March 31, 2014 – the federal government continues to tweak the rules for the landmark healthcare legislation.
Tax Preparers Urged to Help People Enroll in Healthcare, aka Obamacare
According to a new report prepared on behalf of the Urban Institute for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the impetus for covering more taxpayers under Obamacare could come from an intriguing source: Tax return preparers.
Income Taxes for Retirees: Easier, But Still Complex for Some
Think taxes get a lot easier when you retire? Like everything else in life, it depends, especially since the tax aspects of Social Security, 401(k) withdrawals and IRAs can get pretty confusing.
Report Shows Top Business Travel Expenses for 2013, Plus Most Used Restaurants, Hotels
Business expense trends show top restaurants and traveler favorites, and the results of its latest business spending report, covering the fourth quarter of 2013.
Lose Some Tax Documents? Here’s How to Replace Them
Across the United States, millions of people are gathering their W-2s, 1099s, receipts, business expenses, mortgage and brokerage statements, student loan records and other documents they need to file their taxes.
Cheating On Income Taxes Not a Big Deal, Say 14% Of Americans
Fudge a few numbers on a tax return? It's illegal and could set a taxpayer up for some serious fines and penalties but ... 14 percent of Americans say it's not a big deal. Yet at the same time, a vast majority think tax preparer standards of competency are highly important.
Few States Regulate Income Tax Preparers
Only four states require testing and continuing education for hundreds of thousands of independent tax preparers who make a living deciphering the nearly 74,000-page U.S. tax code for many Americans.