Accounting February 28, 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.
Income Tax January 15, 2024
The Tax Blotter – Jan. 2024
The Tax Blotter is a round-up of brief news items relating to tax preparation, policy and legislation.
Taxes January 15, 2024
IRS Provides Initial Guidance on Employee PLESAs
IRS Notice 2024-22 provides employers insight on the anti-abuse rules regarding pension-linked emergency savings accounts.
Taxes January 12, 2024
Chief Tax Writers Working to Broaden Appeal of Tentative $70 Billion Package
Concerns from lawmakers run the gamut about what's in the emerging tax pact—and what's been left out.
Taxes January 12, 2024
Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty in L.A. on Federal Tax Charges
Hunter Biden was indicted last month in California on nine tax offenses, including failing to pay his taxes on time from 2016 to 2019.
Taxes January 12, 2024
Government Shutdown Could Cause Havoc for Tax Season
According to IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, the agency could still maintain some operations, depending on the length of a government shutdown.
Taxes January 12, 2024
Intuit Integrates Its TurboTax System into Credit Karma and QuickBooks Online
Intuit has integrated TurboTax into Credit Karma and QuickBooks Online, allowing customers to prepare and file their 2023 taxes within those programs' interfaces.
Taxes January 12, 2024
Estate Planning: The Basics of a Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust is an irrevocable trust that supplements public assistance benefits available to a disabled child. Assets and income can be used to pay for items like travel, education, recreation, rehabilitation and medical expenses that aren’t covered by public assistance.
Taxes January 11, 2024
Colorado’s TABOR Refunds Won’t Be Taxed By the IRS
According to two elected officials, Coloradans won't have to pay federal income taxes on their state refunds this filing season.
Taxes January 11, 2024
Tax Tips from the Illinois CPA Society
Filing your federal and state tax returns is always a hectic process. CPAs, certified public accountants, have your back.
Taxes January 11, 2024
Ohtani’s Contract Prompts California Controller to Ask Congress to Step In on Deferrals
Congress should narrow a loophole that could spare Shohei Ohtani from paying tens of millions in California taxes, Malia Cohen said.
Taxes January 10, 2024
Taxpayer Advocate Delivers Annual Report to Congress, Identifies Top 10 Problems with Agency
The report credits the Internal Revenue Service with substantially improving taxpayer services and developing plans to transform the taxpayer experience in the coming years, but it identifies paper processing as an area of continuing weakness.
IRS January 10, 2024
Long IRS Delays in Assisting Identity Theft Victims Are ‘Unconscionable,’ National Taxpayer Advocate Says
Nearly 500,000 taxpayers with cases pending at the IRS waited almost 19 months for their identity theft issues to be resolved.