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A new audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) finds that those phone statistics may not be giving us the complete picture of the IRS’ performance.…
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We invited Jim Lowe, EA to the Taxing Subjects Podcast studio to discuss how his filing season went. This episode coincides with the “How Did Your Filing Season Go?” survey that we sent to more than 5,000 tax professionals around the country.…
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This filing season was the first to feature almost all changes from to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—not to mention the new Form 1040 and Schedules 1 through 6. To learn whether these changes had a significant impact on tax professionals, Taxing Subjects surveyed more than 5,000 preparers.…
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A recent IRS Newswire announced that the 2018 Annual Report to Congress finally arrived on lawmakers’ desks, one of two reports that National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson is required by law to submit each year.…
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Monday is the official start of filing season, but there are still some tax professionals looking to get a professional tax preparation package. Keeping that in mind, we invited Drake Software…
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Filing season began a little more than a week ago, and while some taxpayers have already filed their 2015 returns, many others are still gathering receipts and shopping around for a tax professional.…
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Filing Season Begins TomorrowTomorrow, your tax practice will kick off the busiest time of the entire year. In fact, you may have already started accepting intake forms and other data from some…
If a taxpayer is enrolled in a policy with a person not in the taxpayer’s tax family (a shared policy), the taxpayer may have to allocate the items on Form 1095-A (the enrollment premium, the premium…
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Notice 2015-3 provides rules for claimants to make one-time claims for the retroactively extended 2014 biodiesel mixture and alternative fuel excise tax credits. It also provides guidance for…
