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Paxton Pitches Family Tax Cuts While Hammering Talarico in Texas Senate Race
The GOP candidate promotes tax breaks on health care, homes and children as the Democrat's campaign calls the affordability push "laughable."
February 9, 2015
New Features Added to IRS2Go Income Tax App
The Internal Revenue Service has released IRS2Go 5.0, an update to the only official IRS smartphone application, compatible with both Apple and Android devices.
February 9, 2015
Paychex Offers Tax Season Resource Center for Tax Pros
Paychex, Inc., is providing a variety of resources for accounting professionals to help them stay on top of critical payroll, tax, and HR issues that could impact their small business clients.
February 9, 2015
AICPA Urges Senate to Act on International Income Tax Treaties
The nation's largest organization of accounting and tax professionals is urging the Senate to approve income tax treaties between the U.S. and various countries.
February 8, 2015
TurboTax Back Online After Questions About Fake State Tax Returns
TurboTax was forced to suspend electronic filing of all state income tax returns on February 5 after more than a dozen states sounded alarms about criminal hacks. However, it turns out that the program was not hacked.
February 6, 2015
7 Staff Management Tips for the Busy Season
Tax season is tough on everyone, but managers need to make a special effort to watch out for the well-being of their teams. It’s critical to prevent burnout and disengagement from jeopardizing morale and productivity.
February 5, 2015
IRS Creates Online Directory of Tax Preparers
The has launched a new, online public directory of tax return preparers. This searchable directory on IRS.gov will help taxpayers find a tax professional with credentials and select qualifications to help them prepare their tax returns.
February 5, 2015
Online Charitable Giving Growing at Faster Pace
More and more Americans are choosing to make their donations to charities online, as opposed to in-person or mail-based giving, according to the latest Charitable Giving Report from Blackbaud, a developer of technologies for nonprofit organizations.
February 5, 2015
IRS Warns Taxpayers of New Fuel Tax Credit Scam
The fuel tax credit is generally limited to off-highway business use or use in farming. Consequently, the credit is not available to most taxpayers. But yet, the IRS routinely finds unscrupulous preparers who have enticed sizable groups of taxpayers ...
February 4, 2015
New Search Features Added to Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting Center
Bloomberg BNA has released new search enhancements to the Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting Center. The new features, called Links and Pages, are designed to help tax practitioners directly access key tax topics, tax summaries of key ...
February 4, 2015
KPMG Tax Partner Authors New Book: “Tax Compliance and Reporting for Hedge Funds and Their Investors”
KPMG Tax partner Joseph Pacello has authored a new book, titled "Tax Compliance and Reporting for Hedge Funds and Their Investors," that provides a detailed look at tax compliance and reporting issues for professionals responsible for tax compliance ...
February 3, 2015
Misplaced SSA-1099 Forms Can Be Replaced Online
The U.S. Social Security Administration has announced that new online services include the ability to quickly and easily get a replacement form SSA-1099 within minutes.
February 3, 2015
IRS Targets Tax Shelter Abuses, Misuse of Trusts
The Internal Revenue Service is targeting abusive tax shelters and structures it says some Americans use to avoid paying taxes. The agency says the problem has been a lingering issue, and so it has been added to the annual list of tax scams known as the “