IRS Watch
IRS Issues Rules for Tax-Exempt Health Provider Determination Letters
The Internal Revenue Service has released procedures for issuing determination letters and rulings on the tax-exempt status of nonprofit health insurance providers that want to participate in the CO-OP program included in the health care reform law. Read more »
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IRS Releases Forms and Guidance for Claiming Expanded Veterans Tax Credit
February 9, 2012The Internal Revenue Service has released guidance and forms that can be used to claim a recently... Read more »
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IRS Upgrades Smartphone App
February 8, 2012The Internal Revenue Service has released an expanded version of its smartphone application,... Read more »
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IRS and Treasury Propose New FATCA Rules
February 8, 2012The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have released an eagerly anticipated set... Read more »
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IRS Fraud Detection System Leads to Refund Delays
February 8, 2012The tax refund delays this tax season could be tied not only to new identity theft detection... Read more »
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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Limit 1099-K Overreach
February 7, 2012A pair of Republican members of Congress have introduced a bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue... Read more »
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Taxpayers Underreporting Retirement Income
February 7, 2012Clarifying Form 1099-R would help the Internal Revenue Service identify more taxpayers who are... Read more »
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IRS Intros Online Tool for Finding VITA Locations
February 6, 2012The Internal Revenue Service has debuted an online tool to help low- and moderate-income... Read more »
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IRS Proposes Regulations on Taxable Medical Devices
February 3, 2012The Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed regulations to provide guidance on the excise... Read more »
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IRS Needs to Improve Controls over Criminal Restitution Payments
February 2, 2012The Internal Revenue Service does not have effective internal controls in place to make sure that... Read more »
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IRS Offers Tool for Homebuyer Tax Credit Repayment
February 2, 2012The Internal Revenue Service has introduced a new online tool for taxpayers who need to repay... Read more »
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GAO Faults IRS Cost Estimates for Information Matching Program
February 1, 2012The cost estimates for an Internal Revenue Service program for matching data from tax returns... Read more »
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IRS Refund Delay and Real-Time Tax System
February 1, 2012The Internal Revenue Service needed to put the brakes on its tax refunds this tax season when... Read more »
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IRS and DOJ Bust Identity Thieves Across U.S.
January 31, 2012The Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department said Tuesday they have conducted a... Read more »
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IRS Approves NSA as Continuing Education Provider
January 31, 2012The Internal Revenue Service has approved the National Society of Accountants as a continuing... Read more »
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FASB Chair Leslie Seidman on Convergence with IFRS
February 1, 2012
Financial Accounting Standards Board chairman Leslie Seidman provides an update on the progress FASB is making on converging U.S. GAAP with IFRS.
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Most Unusual Items Submitted on Employee Expense Reports
January 19, 2012
The results are bound to raise the eyebrows of any financial executive.
10 Stories That Shaped 2011
December 29, 2011
Our editors' picks for the 10 stories that shaped accounting in 2011.

