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Don’t Forget About Tax on Social Security Benefits
Seniors can lower their PI via capital losses, annuities, growth stocks, life insurance, or IRA contributions.
December 26, 2015
Gift Return Fraud May Cost Retailers $2.2 Billion
Nine in 10 retailers surveyed (91.9%) said they have experienced the return of stolen merchandise, similar to last year’s 92.7 percent. Wardrobing, or the return of used, non-defective merchandise , also presents a unique challenge year after year for ...
December 23, 2015
The 5 Biggest Tax Mistakes Small Business Owners Make
Whether a business is incorporated and files returns as an entity, or is an LLC and the owner files a Schedule C with their personal 1040 income tax return, there are many potential areas for errors, from misreporting income or expenses, to missing ...
December 22, 2015
ADP System Helps Employers Track New Work Opportunity Tax Credit
WOTC is a tax incentive program designed to encourage employers to hire and retain individuals from specific target groups with employment barriers. These groups include Veterans of War (VOW), Empowerment Zone residents, welfare and food stamp ...
December 22, 2015
IRS Announces Interest Rates for 1st Quarter of 2016
The Internal Revenue Service says that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning Jan. 1, 2016, as they were in the previous quarter.
December 22, 2015
Report Says IRS Needs To Take Steps To Prevent Fraudulent Refunds
TIGTA initiated this audit because an IRS employee reported to the TIGTA Office of Investigations that the IRS was not working some taxpayer cases in which refunds were held. The Office of Investigations identified that the IRS did not timely address ...
December 22, 2015
IRS to Accept Income Tax Returns Starting January 19, 2016
Following a review of the tax extenders legislation signed into law this week, the Internal Revenue Service says that tax season will begin as scheduled on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. The IRS expects to receive more than 150 million individual returns ...
December 21, 2015
PATH Act: Obama Signs Tax Extenders Law
The PATH Act makes more than 20 tax breaks permanent in addition to retroactively extending a slew of others for two or more years. Here’s a roundup of the key individual, business and miscellaneous provisions in the new measure.
December 20, 2015
Printable IRS Form 1099-MISC for 2015 (For Taxes To Be Filed in 2016)
This IRS Form 1099-Misc is for reporting income received from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015, which the recipient will file a tax return for in 2016.
December 20, 2015
Printable IRS Form W-2 For 2015 (Taxes To Be Filed in 2016)
This IRS Form W-2 is for reporting income earned during Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015, which the employee will file a tax return for in 2016.
December 20, 2015
Chart Shows When Will You Get Your 2016 Income Tax Refund
When will you get your income tax refund? If you're one of the millions of Americans who are asking that question (or will be in the coming weeks), we have the answer. It depends on a couple of factors, but the good news is that there are several ...
December 20, 2015
2015 IRS Income Tax Tables and Deductions
For tax year 2015 - which Americans must file by April 18, 2016 - the has announced annual inflation adjustments for more than 40 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes. The tax items for tax year 2015 ...
December 17, 2015
Bill in Congress To Make Many Tax Extenders Permanent
The new “tax extenders” legislation just unveiled by Congress does more than merely extend dozens of expires tax breaks. It also makes several important provisions permanent, with certain modifications, while delaying onerous rules under the Affordable...