Taxes January 26, 2026
Welcome to Tax Season 2026
The IRS today opened the 2026 tax filing season and began accepting and processing federal individual income tax returns for tax year 2025.
March 18, 2015
AICPA Sends Tax Proposals to Congress and Senate
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has sent 34 legislative proposals to the top tax lawmakers in the U.S. Congress and Senate. The AICPA believes these proposals promote simplicity and fairness in the tax code, are generally noncontroversial and ...
March 17, 2015
How to Find All the Legit Deductions for Clients on Form HUD-1
The sheer volume of paperwork generated during a sale of a principal residence can be intimating. Much of the vital information is summarized on Form HUD-1, but the resulting tax consequences may still leave both buyers and sellers scratching their ...
March 17, 2015
IRS Partnership Continues Free File Program for 5 Years
The Internal Revenue Service and Free File Inc., also known as the Free File Alliance,have made a five year agreement to provide free, federal tax preparation software products for 70 percent of all taxpayers.
March 16, 2015
App Helps 1099 Contractors Better Track Business Expenses
Sloppy record keeping is costing many of the smallest small businesses and individuals a lot of money when it comes to their taxes. How much? It's in the billions.
March 14, 2015
IRS Warns About New Obamacare Income Tax Scam
Reports are popping up around the country that unlicensed and crooked income tax preparers are telling taxpayers that they need to make the Affordable Health Care Act's individual shared responsibility payments directly to the tax preparer. Obamacare is..
March 13, 2015
SALT News – State Tax Amnesty Programs
Many states use tax amnesty programs as a way of bringing in additional revenue and, more importantly, get some former taxpayers back on active tax payment duty.
March 13, 2015
IRS Says Interest Rates to Stay at Current Rates for 2nd Quarter of 2015
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning April 1, 2015.
March 13, 2015
How to Respond to IRS Tax Notices
Tax notices may be sent for many reasons and are almost inevitable. Perhaps there was an error in filing, or your client was missing some documents. Maybe there was an issue on the IRS’ side. Whatever the case, it should be handled quickly and with care.
March 13, 2015
Intuit Prepares Accountants for ACA Provisions
It’s the height of tax season and the Affordable Care Act is on everyone’s mind as they try to figure out what that means for their taxes. For many Intuit customers and their clients, there’s help.
March 13, 2015
Find a Little Extra Time for Your Clients, Even in the Middle of the Tax Season
It’s the middle of income tax season and the last thing on most practitioners’ minds is how to engage even more with even more clients. Not that you don’t want to. But with the usual chaos surrounding this the busy season, plus the added stress of new laws, courtesy of the Affordable Care Act, time...…
March 10, 2015
IRS Looking for Volunteers for Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
The Internal Revenue Service says it is seeking civic-minded volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), a federal advisory committee that listens to taxpayers, identifies major taxpayer concerns and makes recommendations for improving IRS s
March 10, 2015
Avalara Adds Brazil to Global Tax Compliance System
Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based software delivering compliance solutions related to VAT, sales tax, and other transactional taxes, has acquired the tax content, determination and compliance technology for Brazil from SuitePlus, a leading