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IRS Guidance: Coverage, Reporting, and Payments & Credits Some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, or health care law, apply only to small employers, generally those with fewer than 50…
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WASHINGTON — Certain owners of individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) have a limited time to make tax-free transfers to eligible charities and have them count for tax-year 2014, the Internal…
WASHINGTON — With the filing season approaching, the Internal Revenue Service joined with national tax organizations to provide people with new options to get information and tips on selecting tax…
Revenue Procedure 2014-64 provides an updated list of jurisdictions with which the United States has in effect an income tax or other convention or bilateral agreement relating to the exchange of…
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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is releasing a revenue procedure today providing rules for the nationwide rollout of post-Appeals mediation for Offer in Compromise (OIC) and Trust Fund…
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A new revision of the Form 656-B booklet, with forms and instructions for submitting an Offer in Compromise (OIC), will be available on IRS.gov in January. The use of earlier versions after Jan. 1…
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) appropriately used its legislative authority to temporarily hire employees at salaries higher than those typically given to Federal Government senior…
Read more about TIGTA Report Says IRS Hires Critical Executives At Salaries Higher Than Typical
Important Tax Law Provisions Have Taken Effect in Recent YearsWASHINGTON ― The Internal Revenue Service today reminded individuals and businesses making year-end gifts to charity that several…
Consumer Protection Initiative Aims to Train Tax PreparersContinuing education is phase two of New York’s first tax preparer regulations; training is vital because 70% of New Yorkers hire tax…
Read more about NYS Tax Department Launches NY’s First Tax Preparer Continuing Education Program
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…
Read more about New Standard Mileage Rates Now Available; Business Rate to Rise in 2015
