Taxes December 24, 2025
Tax Tips on Life Insurance Loans
If you acquire permanent whole life insurance as opposed to term life insurance, your premium payments build up a cash value in the policy.
June 24, 2015
The Impact of Scan and Organize on a Tax Engagement
It is useful to separate scanning in accounting firms into two categories. One type of scanning includes individual documents or a small number of miscellaneous documents. The other type of scanning is higher volume, and depending upon firm size, more ...
June 23, 2015
10 Tax Breaks Could Be Made Permanent: Sec. 179, Bonus Depreciation, Tuition and More
There is a plan to push a package of these tax extenders earlier than usual this year and to make them permanent, once and for all. This will enable taxpayers, including both individuals and businesses, to plan accordingly.
June 23, 2015
Summer Jobs and Taxes: What Teens and Parents Need to Know
School’s out for summer! While it’s a time for rest and recreation, many of your clients have teenaged children who will be working during the summer months. It teaches them about responsibility, work ethic and, not surprisingly, taxes.
June 23, 2015
44,000 Tax Preparers Complete Voluntary IRS Education Program
Nearly 44,000 tax return preparers across the U.S. participated in the IRS' Annual Filing Season Program in its first year. The voluntary program was announced a year ago and designed to encourage continuing education (CE) and filing season readiness.
June 22, 2015
IRS Names Tribiano as Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support
Tribiano is a top official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and is a commissioned officer in the Navy Reserve.
June 22, 2015
NSA Starts Petition for Tax Practitioners Bill of Rights
In response to the ongoing frustration of dealing with slow service from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Tax Practitioner Bill of Rights calls for the right to have tax laws and rules passed in a timely manner, the right to quality service ...
June 22, 2015
IRS Proposes Tax-Favored Accounts for Young People with Disabilities
The Internal Revenue Service has released proposed regulations implementing a new federal law authorizing states to offer specially-designed tax-favored ABLE accounts to people with disabilities who became disabled before age 26.
June 18, 2015
Accounting Firm Raises $150K for Special Operations Warrior Foundation and Safe At Home Foundation
Over the past nine years, CohnReznick’s outing has raised a combined total of more than $1.45 million for these two organizations through the firm's charitable outreach arms, the CohnReznick Foundation and the CohnReznick CARES initiative.
June 17, 2015
This Free W-4 Tool Can Fix Tax Withholding Problems
The IRS is making easier for taxpayers to calculate the optimal amount. On its website at www.irs.gov, you can find a withholding calculator that does all the grunt work for you. All you have to do is go through several simple steps and enter the ...
June 17, 2015
IRS Budget Cuts Affect Case Closure Rates and Dollars Collected
Reduced budgets and collection resources at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have resulted in declines in taxpayer service, case closures, and dollars collected, according to a report released today by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax ...
June 17, 2015
Tax Tips for Converting a Home into a Rental Property
Taxpayers are all smiles when they are able to sell their principal residence at a sizeable gain and avoid any tax liability. Under the home sale exclusion, they can generally exclude up to $250,000 of gain from tax or $500,000 if they are married and ...
June 16, 2015
New Information and Tools for SALT Accountants
There is never a dull moment in the area of state and local taxes. If you're a SALT accountant, you know what I'm talking about. Laws are constantly changing at the state and local level, Congress spends a lot of time talking about the Marketplace ...