IRS Provides Tips on Determining If It’s Really The IRS At Your Door IRS YouTube Videos: Tax Scams – English | Spanish | ASL Security Summit Identity Theft Tips Overview – English WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has created a special new page on IRS.gov to help taxpayers determine if a person visiting their… Read More »
Missed the Tax Return Deadline? IRS Offers Help The tax deadline for most taxpayers was Tuesday, April 18, 2017. The IRS has some advice for taxpayers who missed the filing deadline. File and pay as soon as possible. Taxpayers who owe federal income tax should file and pay as soon as they can to minimize… Read More »
IRS Seeks Applications for Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service is requesting membership nominations for the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC), a federal advisory committee that provides recommendations to the IRS on various tax administration issues. Members are appointed to three-year terms, but terms are staggered so that approximately… Read More »
Announcement of Disciplinary Sanctions from the Office of Professional Responsibility Announcement of Disciplinary Sanctions from the Office of Professional Responsibility The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) publishes all disciplinary actions in the Internal Revenue Bulletin (IRB). Published sanctions include censure, suspension or disbarment from practice before the Internal Revenue Service. The below listed individuals have recently been… Read More »
Revenue Ruling 2017-11 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,… Read More »
What to Do When an IRS Letter Arrives in the Mail The IRS mails millions of pieces of correspondence every year to taxpayers for a variety of reasons. Below are some suggestions on how to best handle a letter or notice from the IRS: Do not panic. Simply responding will take care of most IRS… Read More »
Helpful Tips to Keep in Mind When Amending Your Tax Return Taxpayers can fix mistakes or omissions on their tax return by filing an amended tax return. Those who need to amend will find the following tips helpful. File using paper form. Use Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, to correct the tax… Read More »
IRS Offers Last-Minute Tips for Those Who Haven’t Filed IRS YouTube Videos: Welcome to Free File English Tax Return Errors – Tips to Avoid Them English | Spanish | ASL Owe Taxes But Can’t Pay? English | Spanish | ASL IRS Taxes – Three Easy Ways to Pay English | Spanish | ASL Direct Deposit… Read More »
IRS Reminds Taxpayers of April 18 Tax-Filing Deadline WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has received 103.6 million 2016 individual income tax returns as of April 7 and expects millions more to be filed by the April 18 deadline. Special filing deadline rules apply to members of the military serving in combat zones, those living… Read More »
Some Taxpayers Get Extensions without Asking; Taxpayers Abroad, in Combat Zones and Disaster Areas Qualify IRS YouTube Videos: Need More Time to File Your Tax Return? English | Spanish | ASL IR-2017-83, April 14, 2017 WASHINGTON — Even though April 18 is the tax-filing deadline for most people, some taxpayers in special situations qualify for… Read More »