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78% of Tax Pros Say Tax Season Negatively Impacts Personal and Professional Life
Most fished busy season with real, measurable damage to sleep, health, relationships, and decision quality.
February 4, 2014
Treasury Dept. Urges Congress to Raise Debt Limit
Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Monday pressured Congress to raise the debt limit well before an end-of-the month deadline, warning that lawmakers risked derailing a potential "breakthrough year for our economy" if they don't act quickly.
February 4, 2014
App Lets Users Instantly Check Income Tax Refund Status
IRS2Go 4.0, the latest version of the Internal Revenue Service's mobile app, was released today. The version includes new features that are available in Spanish and English.
February 4, 2014
Unlicensed Milwaukee Tax Preparer Charged for $1 Million Fraud
A Milwaukee tax preparation service filed thousands of returns based on phony claims of self-employment that generated as much as $1 million in undeserved refunds, according to the results of an undercover IRS investigation launched in 2011.
February 4, 2014
Identity Theft Risk Increases During Tax Season
With tax season upon us, the most common form of identity theft has been popping up, officials warn.
February 4, 2014
Tips to Make a Business Audit Less Traumatic
The letter lands in your business mailbox. The return address shows it's from the Internal Revenue Service. Before it's even opened, nervousness sets in.
February 3, 2014
CBIZ Acquires Non-Attest Business of Tampa Accounting Firm
Accounting and business process outsourcing firm CBIZ has announced that it acquired the non-attest business of Tampa, Florida-based Lewis, Birch & Ricardo, L.L.C., effective February 1, 2014. The firm's attest business is being acquired by Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. CBIZ Inc. and Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. said they will operate using an alternative practice structure.
February 3, 2014
Real Estate Professionals Optimistic on Home Sales Growth
Home sales increased in December, and housing professionals say the market is moving in the right direction. Residential building permits also rose for the year just ended.
February 3, 2014
Ohio Ranks Among Worst for Personal Finances
Financial security remains elusive for almost half of Ohio households, which often are one medical issue, pink slip or other crisis away from plunging into severe poverty, according to a new report from the Corporation for Enterprise Development.
January 31, 2014
The NFL is Tax-Exempt? Congressman Seeks Change in Tax Law
On the Wednesday before Super Bowl XLVIII between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos, some in Congress question whether the league that runs the most-watched American sport, which generates as much as $9 billion in revenue each year, is deserving of its nonprofit, tax-exempt status.
January 31, 2014
Tax season scams that tax preparers need to worry about
The last thing you need in the middle of tax season is to be hit by scammers trying to plant malware on your computer and force you to make payments to them.
January 31, 2014
New Hampshire Considers Taxing Nonprofit Hospitals
An analysis of charity care at the state's 24 nonprofit hospitals, conducted in cooperation with the New Hampshire Hospital Association, shows that hospitals here are more charitable than the national average and less profitable, although there are wide variations from one New Hampshire hospital to another.
January 30, 2014
IRS Announces New Members for Reporting Program Committee
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the selection of seven new members for the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC)