Tips for Business Owners Who Need to Reconstruct Records After a Disaster After a disaster, many business owners might need to reconstruct records to prove a loss. This may be essential for tax purposes, getting federal assistance, or insurance reimbursement. Here are four tips for businesses that need to reconstruct their records: To create a… Read More »
Revenue Ruling 2017-21 provides various prescribed rates for federal income tax purposes including the applicable federal interest rates, the adjusted applicable federal interest rates, the adjusted federal long-term rate, the adjusted federal long-term tax-exempt rate. These rates are determined as prescribed by § 1274. The rates are published monthly for purposes of sections 42, 382, 412,… Read More »
Taxpayers Can Look to the IRS for Tax Help After a Disaster When a hurricane or other disaster strikes, the IRS wants taxpayers to know they can count on the agency for help. Here are six resources taxpayers can access on IRS.gov: Tax information about federally declared disasters. Special tax law provisions apply when the federal… Read More »
Online Seminars from the 2017 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Now Available WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded tax professionals that they can earn continuing education credits online through seminars filmed at the 2017 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums. The 17 self-study seminars are now available on the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Online (NTFO). Self-study seminars provide… Read More »
Security Summit Partners Mark Progress in Identity Theft Battle; Prepare for 2018 Tax Season WASHINGTON – The IRS, state tax agencies and private-sector industry leaders today detailed their continued progress against tax-related identity theft and prepared additional safeguards for the 2018 filing season to curb refund fraud. The latest IRS data continued to show significant… Read More »
With 2017 Extension Deadline Passed, All Eyes on 2018 Now that the tax return extension filing deadline has passed, the IRS suggests that taxpayers look ahead and get ready for next year. Taxpayers still have time to take these three actions that may affect the 2017 tax return they will file in 2018. Charitable contributions. Taxpayers… Read More »
Fake Insurance Tax Form Scam Aims at Stealing Data from Tax Pros, Clients WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today alerted tax professionals and their clients to a fake insurance tax form scam that is being used to access annuity and life insurance accounts. Cybercriminals currently are combining several tactics to create a complex scheme… Read More »
Statistics of Income Data Releases 1. Individual Income Tax Percentile Tabulations, Tax Year 2015 Tabulations presenting Tax Year 2015 individual income tax percentile statistics are now available on SOI’s Tax Stats Web page. The tabulations present individual income tax return statistics on the number of returns, adjusted gross income, selected income items, credits, total income tax,… Read More »
Funding methods for retirement plans Revenue Procedure 2017-56 updates Rev. Proc. 2000-40 to take into account the provisions of § 430 of the Internal Revenue Code, which was enacted as part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. This revenue procedure provides automatic approval for certain changes in funding method used for single-employer defined benefit plans… Read More »
e-Services Scam Alert e-Services Users, The IRS today warned all e-Services users to beware a new phishing scam that tries to trick tax professionals into “signing” a new e-Services user agreement. The phishing scam seeks to steal passwords and data. All tax professionals should be aware that as e-Services begins its move later this month… Read More »