April 6, 2013
IRS raids 6 tax preparer offices in St. Louis
IRS agents raided six tax preparation businesses Friday morning, seizing computers and other documents.
April 2, 2013
April 15 is coming, but there’s still time to reduce your taxes
One of the largest organizations of tax professionals in the United States is reminding taxpayers that it's still not too late for many to reduce their 2012 income tax burden.
April 1, 2013
Making Income Tax Season Even Worse? IRS to Require Refiling of All Tax Returns with a Schedule C
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that errors in its processing systems have caused the agency to require all taxpayers who filed income tax returns with a Schedule C prior to March 29, 2013, to resubmit their return for processing. This includes filers who have already received refunds or made payments based on previously submitted…
April 1, 2013
Some Pennsylvania businesses to see decrease in Workers Comp rates
Workers' Compensation Insurance Rates to Decline for Some PA Employers in April
March 30, 2013
Accounting firm diagnoses embezzlement at animal hospital
An Apple Valley, California, woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of embezzling as much as $180,000 from a Hesperia animal hospital, authorities said.
March 29, 2013
IRS: April 1 is deadline to take retirement distributions
Taxpayers over 70 need to think about their birthday a little more closely. Are you over 70 and a half?
March 29, 2013
Texas computer store owner guilty of $250,000 tax evasion
Texas businessman faces tax evasion sentence of up to five years in prison and three years supervised released, plus up to a $100,000 fine and restitution.
March 28, 2013
New Jersey governor: Delayed tax refunds to thousands on their way
Christie apologizes for refund error.
March 28, 2013
IRS expands ID Theft law enforcement program to all states, helping local agencies
IRS Expands Law Enforcement Assistance Program on Identity Theft to 50 States; Victim Assistance and Criminal Investigations Grow
March 28, 2013
Former parochial school bookkeeper admits $315K theft
A former secretary and bookkeeper at a parochial school in Middlesex, Pennsylvania says she, "Got carried away" and spent $315,000 in tuition money and cash over six years on her bills, clothing and jewelry, state police said.
March 27, 2013
“Love, Sex & the IRS” – A play, to be performed by college students in Pennsylvania. lol
Oh, tax season. Almost everybody gripes, even those who are expecting a refund, and even tax professionals have a love-hate relationship with the season. It pays the bills and can be a lucrative career, but tax season is taxing, to make a bad pun.
March 26, 2013
IRS: Sequester Reduces Amount of Health Care Credit for Some Small Employers
The sequester will affect the calculation of the small business health care credit that's refundable to qualifying tax-exempt employers.