According to reporting from The Hill, Congress is poised to vote on a second coronavirus relief package. The bill is expected to pass Congress and land on the president’s desk later today, greenlighting $900 billion in aid that will include direct payments, unemployment benefits, and additional Paycheck Protection Program funds.…

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The pandemic has affected everything in American life, even National Small Business Week. This year, the Internal Revenue Service spent all three days of the event highlighting online resources that can help small businesses dealing with coronavirus-related difficulties.…

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The Internal Revenue Service last Thursday announced that it is beginning to process Centralized Authorization File requests, like Forms 2848 and 8821.…

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The latest episode of the Taxing Subjects Podcast explores some of the latest coronavirus-related tax industry announcements, including updated state individual income tax deadlines, Economic Impact Payments, and temporarily suspended IRS services.…

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The Internal Revenue Service says it had to delay the Special Enrollment Examination (SEE) tests for Enrolled Agents that was slated for May due to the coronavirus pandemic.…

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The Internal Revenue Service announced that the Centralized Authorization File (CAF) service will be unavailable “until further notice" due to the coronavirus epidemic.…

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For many of us, we’re living in a time that has no comparison. We’ve seen wars, famines, economic crashes, but no pandemic—until now. Jim Buttonow of Accounting Today magazine says for the Internal Revenue Service, a bad situation may be about to get even worse.…

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The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) on Tuesday announced that it was recommending state boards of accountancy across the country extend their CPE-completion deadlines to accommodate accountants affected by COVID-19 disruptions.…

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Distribution of the federal government’s economic impact payments, meant to counter the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., is scheduled to start in the coming weeks, according…

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Scammers are trying to capitalize on millions of taxpayers anticipating stimulus money by deploying phone- and email-based phishing scams.…

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