IRS Alerts Taxpayers with Limited English Proficiency of Ongoing Phone Scams; Urges Caution Before Paying Unexpected Tax Bills
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers with limited English proficiency of phone scams and email phishing schemes that continue to occur across the country. Con artists often approach victims in their native language, threaten them with deportation, police arrest and license revocation, among other things. “These scammers [...]
IRS enforcement activities dropped in 2016
The IRS reported several large drops in its enforcement activities in fiscal year 2016, including a 16% drop in audits, a 40% drop in levies, and a 9% drop in liens compared [...]
How to determine profit motive
In two cases, the Tax Court looked at factors besides a history of losses in determining whether the hobby loss rules would prevent the taxpayers from deducting their [...]
Tax Rules for Uber, Lyft and Other Ride-Share Drivers
Instead of sitting at home watching TV reruns during their down time, some of your clients are making extra cash by offering their services in the shared economy. One of the [...]
New Form 5472 Filing Requirements for Foreign-Owned U.S. Disregarded Entities (“FOUSDEs”)
On December 13, 2016, the IRS published new regulations that treat foreign-owned U.S. disregarded entities (“FOUSDEs”) as domestic corporations for purposes of filing Form [...]
IRS Budget: Penny-wise, Pound-foolish
Tax professionals feel the pain.
People don’t often have much nice to say about the Internal Revenue Service. But everybody seems to like what internal revenues pay [...]
This Year’s IRS Audits Are Bad News for the Rich
The IRS is turning up the heat on taxpayers. Some of them, anyway.
The number of audits conducted by the Internal Revenue Service has dropped as it continues to reel from [...]
HSA Contribution Limit For Two Plans Or Mid-Year Changes
We all know that to be able to contribute to an HSA you need to have an HSA-eligible high deductible health plan (HDHP) and no other coverage. The HSA contribution limit [...]
Dangerous W-2 Phishing Scam Evolving; Targeting Schools, Restaurants, Hospitals, Tribal Groups and Others
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the tax industry issued an urgent alert today to all employers that the Form W-2 email phishing scam has [...]
Penalty for late filing of 1099 forms – updated from 2016 tax year
Large Businesses with Gross Receipts of More Than $5 Million and Governmental Entities
Time returns filed/furnished
Returns due 01-01-2011 thru [...]
10 Things To Know About Taxes On Legal Settlements
Your car got rear-ended at a red light. Your contractor did shoddy work on your condo. You were unfairly fired. If you're collecting a settlement or judgment, is it taxable [...]