Accounting February 19, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
Taxes February 11, 2025
$1,928 is the Average Refund Amount So Far This Tax Season
Since the start of the 2025 tax filing season on Jan. 27, the IRS has issued 3.23 million refunds with an average refund amount of $1,928 as of Jan. 31, the agency said last week.
Accounting February 10, 2025
DOGE Team Now Seeks Access to Treasury’s Accounting Data
Elon Musk's DOGE team will be in Parkersburg, WV, from Tuesday through Thursday, where Treasury keeps its Central Accounting Reporting System, or CARS, which handles accounting and reporting access for all federal agencies.
Small Business February 7, 2025
Tax Court Sides with IRS: Businesses Need to Prove Their Expense Deductions
If you’re a self-employed individual, you can deduct your “ordinary and necessary” business expenses, just like the corporate giants do. However, you’re also held to the same strict substantiation rules.
Small Business February 7, 2025
A Guide to Understanding Value-Added Tax (VAT)
If you plan to do business outside of the United States, you’ll need to understand value-added tax (VAT). It’s the most common consumption tax in the world.
IRS February 6, 2025
IRS Employees Who Planned to Take Trump’s Offer to Leave Now Told They Must Stay Through Tax Season
The IRS has notified workers essential to tax season that they must work until May even if they accepted the Trump administration's federal employee buyout offer, the deadline of which was put on hold temporarily by a federal judge on Feb. 6.
State and Local Taxes February 6, 2025
Trump Considers Ending Carried Interest, Expanding SALT Deduction
President Donald Trump outlined his tax priorities in a meeting with Republican lawmakers, including a call to end the carried interest tax break used by private equity fund managers and expand the state and local tax deduction.
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Taxes February 6, 2025
AICPA Requests Changes to Tax Forms to Show Disaster-Impacted Returns
The American Institute of CPAs requested that the IRS incorporate a checkbox and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster number space into various tax returns.
Taxes February 6, 2025
Cap on State and Local Tax Deductions Resulted in Higher Taxes, Says Survey of CPAs
The survey was created to gauge the impact of the $10,000 cap on SALT deductions imposed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017. The cap is due to expire this year.
Taxes February 5, 2025
So, You Received a 1099-K. Now What?
The IRS initially planned to lower the reporting threshold to $600, but implementation has been delayed. For the 2024 tax year, the threshold is $5,000, though reductions are expected in 2025 and 2026.
Taxes February 4, 2025
IRS Says No Tax Deduction for IVF Expenses of Surrogate
In a new private letter ruling, the IRS said that in vitro fertilization (IVF) expenses for a surrogate on behalf of a married couple are not deductible by the couple as a medical expense under the tax code.
Taxes February 4, 2025
Survey: One in Five Americans Would Rather Renew Driver’s License at a DMV Than Work on Their Taxes
A new survey from Invoice Home sought to uncover the current state of consumer tax filing for Americans in 2025 and the hurdles people are willing to put themselves through when it comes to filing annually.
Taxes February 3, 2025
Tax Identity Theft Victims’ Wait Times Are Slowly Getting Shorter, Taxpayer Advocate Says
The IRS is slowly cutting the time it takes to assist taxpayers who have been victims of tax-related identity theft, National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins said last week.