February 3, 2015
Misplaced SSA-1099 Forms Can Be Replaced Online
The U.S. Social Security Administration has announced that new online services include the ability to quickly and easily get a replacement form SSA-1099 within minutes.
February 3, 2015
IRS Targets Tax Shelter Abuses, Misuse of Trusts
The Internal Revenue Service is targeting abusive tax shelters and structures it says some Americans use to avoid paying taxes. The agency says the problem has been a lingering issue, and so it has been added to the annual list of tax scams known as the “
January 29, 2015
Checklist Helps Tax Professionals Keep Track of Healthcare Law Reporting Requirements
The 1040 Checklist for Determining Minimum Essential Health Insurance Coverage was developed by the tax experts at Thomson Reuters and focuses on two new reporting requirements that will figure prominently on many 2014 Form 1040 returns: The premium tax c
January 29, 2015
How to Get a Charitable Tax Deduction Without Donating Anything
It’s very rare in the tax world when you can “get something for nothing.” But that’s essentially what happens when a real estate owner donates a qualified conservation easement to charity. In essence, the property owner is merely agreeing to keep the land
January 29, 2015
New Report Focuses on Capitalizing or Deducting Expenditures under Tangible Property Regs
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint has released a special report, Capitalizing or Deducting Expenditures under the Tangible Property Regulations. The report is intended to help guide tax practitioners in determining which expenditures on tangible properties ...
January 29, 2015
IRS and British Tax Agency to Co-Host International Criminal Tax Symposium
The symposium focused on combatting offshore tax evasion and international financial crimes—including cyber-crime—and brought together delegates from criminal tax and enforcement programs from the U.S., Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, New Zealand, ...
January 28, 2015
Surveys: The New Scam To Get Your Personal Data
The currency of the Internet today is not BitCoin, it is not the dozens of “wallet” products used to buy products, and it is not even the “accounts” that have to be set up and loaded from a credit card to make purchases on the never-ending stream of .l..
January 28, 2015
FASB and PCC to Hold Private Company “Town Hall” at Southern Methodist University
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Private Company Council (PCC) will host their fourth Private Company Town Hall Meeting on April 28, 2015, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The town hall meeting will take place from
January 28, 2015
IRS Looking for Offshore Tax Schemes and Scams
Avoiding taxes by hiding money or assets in unreported offshore accounts remains on the annual Internal Revenue Service list of tax scams known as the “Dirty Dozen” for the 2015 filing season.
January 28, 2015
Intuit Partners with Uber to Simplify Bookkeeping for Drivers
Intuit and Uber are joining forces to make it easier for workers in the on-demand economy to file taxes and manage their finances throughout the year.
January 27, 2015
IRS Warns of Shady Tax Preparers, Advises Taxpayers to Use CPAs or EAs
The Internal Revenue Service is once again warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for unscrupulous income tax return preparers, one of the most common “Dirty Dozen” tax scams seen during tax season.
January 26, 2015
8 Tips to Reduce the Risk of Identity Theft
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a filing season alert warning taxpayers to watch out for identity theft at tax time, one of the year’s “Dirty Dozen” tax scams. The IRS continues to aggressively pursue the criminals that file fraudulent returns usi