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The IRS is joining with its Security Summit task force to warn tax professionals about the continuing threat posed by phishing emails to their data security efforts.…
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If you’ve always deducted your business vehicle expenses in the past, read on. With the recent changes in the tax code, not everyone can still claim the deduction. Some taxpayers can, but some…
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The Internal Revenue Service is attempting to rein in some taxpayers who may have failed to report income and pay tax on virtual currency transactions.…
The IRS recently highlighted how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affected whistleblowers who submit information to the IRS Whistleblower Office.…
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The Internal Revenue Service has published a draft of a new tax return targeted at senior citizen taxpayers.…
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A North Carolina man has been handed a 12-year prison sentence by a Virginia federal court for a fraud scheme that included tax charges.…
For some years now we’ve heard about how the Information Technology systems inside the Internal Revenue Service need major upgrades.…
Since tax scams can take many forms, the IRS broke them down into two categories: “phone scams” and “email phishing scams.”…
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The president has signed a package of IRS reforms into law after the legislation passed both houses of Congress with strong bipartisan support.…
Now that the tax year 2018 filing season is over, some teachers may know that the educator expenses deduction was moved to line 23 of the new Schedule 1.…
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