September 29, 2015
AICPA Says It Supports Disaster Tax Relief Proposal
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is endorsing the permanent disaster tax relief provisions in Title III of the proposed National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2015.
September 27, 2015
Harvest Time: Pick Up a Bushel of Capital Gains Tax Savings
The main attraction is the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains. Typically, an investor will pay a long-term capital gains tax of 15 percent on a securities transaction. For someone in the top ordinary income tax bracket of 39.6 percent, the ...
September 24, 2015
Program Helps Tax Professionals Educate Clients On Latest Tax Changes
Thomson Reuters has released its Checkpoint Learning 2015 Tax Update program, which helps tax professionals and accounting firms educate their clients, prospects and client service teams on the latest developments in the field.
September 23, 2015
New Inflation Estimates Give First Look at 2016 Tax Rates and Brackets
Because of the income ranges bracketing the marginal tax rates have increased, a single filer with taxable income of $50,000 should owe $22.50 less next year due to the adjustments to the income tax rate brackets between 2015 and 2016.
September 22, 2015
IRS Needs to Better Verify Claims for Exemption from Social Security Taxes, Says Report
In an effort to eliminate dual taxation with respect to Social Security taxes, the United States entered into international agreements, called Totalization Agreements, with 24 foreign countries.
September 21, 2015
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics – The Tax Myth About Red States and Blue States
I was intrigued when a blog boldly declared that IRS statistics show that states that attempt to tax the wealthy to pay for social programs only serve to drive the wealthy to states that offer lower taxes. Anyone who follows the ...
September 21, 2015
Average Income Tax Refund for 2015 Increased to $2,701 – IRS Caught $908 Million in Fraudulent Refunds
The IRS issued more than 100.3 million refunds totaling more than $270.9 billion, compared to nearly 101.2 million refunds totaling more than $272.4 billion in 2014. The average refund increased slightly to $2,701 in 2015, compared with ...
September 20, 2015
IRS Issues New Per Diem Rates for 2016
In addition to the standard rates for specific destinations, certain high-cost areas are specified. All the other destinations are treated as low-cost areas if the high-low alternative is used.
September 18, 2015
Thomson Reuters Launches New Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program
The Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program provides practitioners with the basic knowledge and tools they need to understand and confidently expand their practices to tax planning, compliance with tax return preparation, and reporting requirements for ...
September 18, 2015
AARP’s Fraud Watch Network Turns the Tables on Con Artists
The AARP Fraud Watch Network lit up the phone lines today as part of an effort to warn thousands of consumers about two leading "imposter scams" that last year victimized more than 10,000 New Yorkers.
September 16, 2015
Projected 2016 Tax Rates and Brackets – Tax Penalties To Rise
People whose income is the same compared to last year may enjoy a lower effective tax rate while taxpayers that fail to comply with return filing and tax payment requirements will face larger penalties in 2016 because of a combination of legislative ...
September 14, 2015
IRS Interest Rates to Stay the Same for Q4 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.