Income Tax

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September 27, 2015 

Harvest Time: Pick Up a Bushel of Capital Gains Tax Savings

The main attraction is the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains. Typically, an investor will pay a long-term capital gains tax of 15 percent on a securities transaction. For someone in the top ordinary income tax bracket of 39.6 percent, the ...

 IRS Return Review Program Improves Detection of Fraud

September 23, 2015 

IRS Return Review Program Improves Detection of Fraud

“The RRP test results show potential improvements in the IRS approach to prevent, detect, and resolve pre-refund tax fraud,” said J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. “While these potential improvements are ..."

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September 18, 2015 

Thomson Reuters Launches New Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program

The Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program provides practitioners with the basic knowledge and tools they need to understand and confidently expand their practices to tax planning, compliance with tax return preparation, and reporting requirements for ...

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September 16, 2015 

Projected 2016 Tax Rates and Brackets – Tax Penalties To Rise

People whose income is the same compared to last year may enjoy a lower effective tax rate while taxpayers that fail to comply with return filing and tax payment requirements will face larger penalties in 2016 because of a combination of legislative ...

 Three Daunting Statistics About Bill Pay and Fraud

September 15, 2015 

Three Daunting Statistics About Bill Pay and Fraud

Paper checks are dangerous. They represent a serious fraud risk. Does this risk worry you? According to a survey of 540 accountants and bookkeeping professionals, the answer is probably yes.

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September 14, 2015 

IRS Interest Rates to Stay the Same for Q4 2015

Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points.

 2015 Review of Thomson Reuters Tax Planner CS

September 10, 2015 

2015 Review of Thomson Reuters Tax Planner CS

Planner CS is part of the CS Professional Suite of tax products from Thomson Reuters. Part of the CS Professional Suite of tax, accounting and practice management applications. Planner CS offers full integration with other Thomson Reuters while also ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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September 10, 2015 

2015 Review of CCH ProSystem fx Planning

ProSystem fx Planning is part of the ProSystem fx Suite of products from CCH. ProSystem fx Planning integrates with other CCH tax products. ProSystem fx Planning can also be used as a stand-alone product. While not currently available as an online ...

Mary Girsch-Bock