December 22, 2015
IRS Announces Interest Rates for 1st Quarter of 2016
The Internal Revenue Service says that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning Jan. 1, 2016, as they were in the previous quarter.
December 22, 2015
Report Says IRS Needs To Take Steps To Prevent Fraudulent Refunds
TIGTA initiated this audit because an IRS employee reported to the TIGTA Office of Investigations that the IRS was not working some taxpayer cases in which refunds were held. The Office of Investigations identified that the IRS did not timely address ...
December 22, 2015
IRS to Accept Income Tax Returns Starting January 19, 2016
Following a review of the tax extenders legislation signed into law this week, the Internal Revenue Service says that tax season will begin as scheduled on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. The IRS expects to receive more than 150 million individual returns ...
December 21, 2015
PATH Act: Obama Signs Tax Extenders Law
The PATH Act makes more than 20 tax breaks permanent in addition to retroactively extending a slew of others for two or more years. Here’s a roundup of the key individual, business and miscellaneous provisions in the new measure.
December 20, 2015
Printable IRS Form 1099-MISC for 2015 (For Taxes To Be Filed in 2016)
This IRS Form 1099-Misc is for reporting income received from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015, which the recipient will file a tax return for in 2016.
December 20, 2015
Printable IRS Form W-2 For 2015 (Taxes To Be Filed in 2016)
This IRS Form W-2 is for reporting income earned during Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015, which the employee will file a tax return for in 2016.
December 20, 2015
Chart Shows When Will You Get Your 2016 Income Tax Refund
When will you get your income tax refund? If you're one of the millions of Americans who are asking that question (or will be in the coming weeks), we have the answer. It depends on a couple of factors, but the good news is that there are several ...
December 20, 2015
2015 IRS Income Tax Tables and Deductions
For tax year 2015 - which Americans must file by April 18, 2016 - the has announced annual inflation adjustments for more than 40 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes. The tax items for tax year 2015 ...
December 17, 2015
Bill in Congress To Make Many Tax Extenders Permanent
The new “tax extenders” legislation just unveiled by Congress does more than merely extend dozens of expires tax breaks. It also makes several important provisions permanent, with certain modifications, while delaying onerous rules under the Affordable...
December 17, 2015
Explaining Year-End Tax Forms and Reporting Requirements
Now is the time to start thinking about recent tax changes and how they affect your business. Even for the most organized among us, keeping the mountains of tax details straight is a tough and trying task, taking the focus off of the daily ...
December 17, 2015
Bloomberg BNA 2016 Tax Guide Now Available
The Federal Tax Guide offers coverage of a wide range of timely topics most important to tax practitioners as they prepare 2015 returns and plan for the year ahead with new content on health care reform, including individual and employer mandates ...
December 15, 2015
IRS Tries To Require SSNs for Charitable Donations, Congress Acts
New proposed regulations that would permit nonprofit organizations to request Social Security numbers for donations of $250 or more could be stopped dead in their tracks. A new bill introduced in Congress by Senator Pat Roberts (Rep.-KA) would stop ...