September 14, 2015
Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points.
September 10, 2015
Bush unveiled his long-awaited tax reform plan against the backdrop of a North Carolina factory. Unlike other approaches from his conservative brethren, Bush went out on a limb in proposing sweeping changes that would slash taxes for millions of ...
September 2, 2015
Bloomberg BNA has published a complimentary new white paper, Special Report on §199 Domestic Production Activity Regulations. The special report analyzes the long-awaited new proposed, temporary, and final regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Servi
September 1, 2015
The IRS’s processing of tax returns that reported or claimed Premium Tax Credits (PTC) during the 2015 filing season was challenged by delays in receiving data from some Health Insurance Marketplaces (Exchanges), according to ...
September 1, 2015
Who can you trust with sensitive personal information like your Social Security number (SSN) and tax return data? Evidently, not even the people who used to work at the IRS. In a new case, a former IRS employee was sentenced on August 26 to two years ...
August 28, 2015
The Statistics of Income (SOI) Division produces this online Bulletin quarterly. Articles provide the most recent data available from various tax and information returns filed by U.S. taxpayers.
August 26, 2015
The IRS needs to lose this case for the callous way they disregarded the importance of safeguarding taxpayer information from data thieves, and because it would finally set a legal precedent for organizations to be held fiscally responsible for losses ...
August 19, 2015
The IRS has a confession: The data breach involving its “Get Transcript” app was larger than it initially reported. How much larger? About three times as much.
August 9, 2015
This audit was initiated because TIGTA received an IRS employee complaint referred from a Member of Congress alleging that the IRS’s ITIN application processes and procedures do not ensure that documents certified by a foreign issuing agency are ...
August 2, 2015
The field for next year’s presidential derby is crowded and prospective candidates have started jockeying for position. One of the main issues that can set these politicians apart is tax reform. Some candidates have already unveiled detailed proposals ...
July 31, 2015
Currently, the tax return due date for calendar-year partnerships is April 15th, the same the due date for individual returns. The law changes the deadline to March 15th for calendar-year partnerships and the 15th day of the third month following the ...
July 30, 2015
Koskinen stepped into the limelight in 2013 when President Obama appointed him to succeed Daniel Werfel, who in turn had replaced Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller while the Tea Party scandal unfolded. The current head honcho at the IRS had ...