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Legislation to Provide Opportunity for Americans with DisabilitiesThe US House of Representatives has passed H.R. 647, the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act’. The Act is designed to provide…
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service issued the 2015 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving…
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The IRS recently released information about a number of announcements, rulings, and notices. Five of those items, Announcement 2014-34, Revenue Ruling 2014-29, Announcement 2014-38, Announcement…
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Goldwater Institute Challenges Independent Payment Advisory Board Washington—Today 25 members of Congress filed a “friend of the court” brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a legal challenge to…
Vitter will continue to push for a full vote on his No Washington Exemption legislationWednesday, December 10, 2014(Washington, D.C.) – The Senate Republican Conference accepted a rule proposed by…
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The Internal Revenue Service has issued technical guidance for the following issues: Notice 2014-78 provides guidance on the corporate bond monthly yield curve, the corresponding spot segment rates,…
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An $11 billion bill that would permanently restore expired tax breaks for donations of food, charitable contributions from certain retirement accounts and for land conservation faced a sudden setback…
Read more about Permanent Charity Tax Breaks Face White House Veto
IRS YouTube Videos:Required Withdrawals from Your IRA: English | Spanish | ASLPodcasts:Required Withdrawals from Your IRA: English | SpanishIR-2014-112, Dec. 8, 2014WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue…
Read more about Most Retirees Need to Take Required Retirement Plan Distributions by Dec. 31
Tax Preparers Consider New IRS ProgramDrake researchers conducted a short survey of over 7,000 tax preparers, including CPAs, EAs, attorneys, and non-credentialed participants, in light of the…
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WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) publicly released its audit report on the effectiveness of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) efforts to increase the…
