Special Section: Guide to 2025 Tax Changes December 23, 2025
This series of articles spotlights key tax issues and changes made to tax law in 2025 that will affect the 2026 income tax filing season and the years to come, as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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October 14, 2015
The IRS encourages volunteers to step forward by providing free tax assistance in their communities. Specifically, the IRS refers to the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs.
October 12, 2015
Launch of Avalara Returns Excise for Tobacco announced during NACS Show in Las Vegas.
October 12, 2015
The Internal Revenue Service issued a consumer alert about charity scams based on flooding in South Carolina and neighboring states.
October 11, 2015
The IRS demands that most retirees in their seventies take annual required minimum distributions (RMDs) from their qualified plans and IRAs. And the nation’s tax collection agency means business: Failing to do so can result in one of the most onerous tax
October 9, 2015
With more businesses utilizing contractors to perform services traditionally relegated to employees, the need for sound 1099 processing and reporting is more important than ever before. There are numerous types of 1099 forms processed and filed ...
October 9, 2015
The review identified 3,001 preparers with a felony conviction on their application; 87 reported a crime related to Federal tax matters. Processes do not ensure that PTINs assigned to prisoners or individuals barred from preparing tax returns are ...
October 9, 2015
As of Sept. 20, almost 8 million corporations and partnerships e-filed their income tax returns. The IRS estimates that e-file accounts for 77 percent of all corporate and partnership returns filed during 2015. Many corporations and partnerships ...
October 8, 2015
Florida has been in the news a lot recently, and probably not for reasons that promoters of the Sunshine State would prefer. The spotlight is because hundreds of people have been arrested over the past year for identity theft crimes that involved filing bogus income tax returns for thousands of taxpayers, and then having the…
October 8, 2015
The stock market's drop in recent months has no immediate tax effect on the moneys of pre-retirement-age taxpayers whose traditional or Roth IRAs are invested in stocks and mutual funds. That's because neither losses nor gains are recognized within ...
October 8, 2015
New guidance is available for state and local tax professionals that examines how cloud computing is increasingly affected by state sales taxes.
October 8, 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a report outlining widespread servicing failures reported by both federal and private student loan borrowers. Consumers describe companies using a wide range of sloppy, patchwork practices that can create obstacles to repayment, raise costs, cause distress, and contribute to driving struggling borrowers to default. The Bureau has...…
October 7, 2015
South Carolina flood victims, including individuals and businesses that previously received a tax-filing extension to Oct. 15, will have until Feb. 16, 2016, to file their returns and pay any taxes due, the Internal Revenue Service has announced.