August 8, 2016
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson and U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci, a member of the House Ways & Means Committee, will hold a public forum to discuss what taxpayers want and need from the IRS to comply with their tax obligations. Rep. Renacci is ...
August 4, 2016
Generally, the tax exclusion applies to reimbursements covering costs that would have been deductible as job-related moving expenses paid or incurred by employees on their personal tax returns. And those requirements are somewhat convoluted.
August 2, 2016
The proposed ASU is part of the FASB’s broader disclosure framework project to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in notes to financial statements by clearly communicating the information that is most important to users of a reporting ...
August 2, 2016
The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers to stay vigilant against an increase of IRS impersonation scams in the form of automated calls and new tactics from scammers demanding tax payments on iTunes and other gift cards.
July 26, 2016
As the final weeks of summer tick away, back-to-school sales are ramping up and it's time to think about getting those kids back in the classroom. It's also a good time to think about a variety of tax breaks and deductions available for qualifying ...
July 25, 2016
If there’s one thing we all have in common, it’s that no one enjoys filing taxes. But, according to recent studies, millennials feel particularly anxious about the annual process.
July 21, 2016
The bad news is, if you are paying more than $2.5k per year in student loan interest, the excess is not deductible and cannot be carried forward. Also, if you are making more than $65k per year, the deduction begins to phase out, and if you are making ...
July 20, 2016
The LITC program is a federal grant program administered by the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate at the IRS, led by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson. Although LITCs receive partial funding from the IRS, LITCs, their employees and their ...
July 19, 2016
Management is more likely than employees to argue about candidates, with employers in information technology (47 percent) taking the lead, followed by those in manufacturing (37 percent).
July 19, 2016
The Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA) in June released a comprehensive white paper to state leaders outlining a series of tax changes CPAs believe will drive a more competitive business environment in Ohio.
July 19, 2016
Thomson Reuters has released a special report on the recently proposed Treasury regulations under Section 385 of the Internal Revenue Code which, if finalized, would dramatically disrupt the treatment of intercompany debt issued among members of ...
July 14, 2016
Mortgage rates keep dropping as post-Brexit uncertainty weighs on financial markets, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate now at 3.52 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average ...