Tax News
Furlough Details Announced
The IRS has revealed additional details about what may be the first round of sequester-related the closures planned for May 24, June 14, July 5, July 22 and August 30 of this year. Read more »
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Billionaire Kaiser Sails through Charity Loophole
May 3, 2013When Oklahoma energy billionaire George Kaiser opened the Northeast Gateway liquid natural gas... Read more »
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Liberty Tax Appeal Rejected in California
May 3, 2013The California State Supreme Court has rejected a Liberty Tax Service appeal of $1.3 million in... Read more »
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IRS Seeks Applications for Advisory Council
May 3, 2013The IRS is accepting applications for its Service Advisory Council through June 14. Read more »
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Making Your Web Site Profitable
May 3, 2013Now that the season is over (mostly), preparers should start looking ahead to how they can market... Read more »
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In the Blogs: ‘CP2000 Time’ and More
May 3, 2013Highlights from some of our favorite tax bloggers this week. Read more »
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Billionaire Sumner Redstone Challenges IRS Tax Claim on Gift Dating Back to 1972
May 2, 2013In 1972, President Richard Nixon cruised to re-election. “The Waltons” premiered on... Read more »
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Windfall Income Tax Planning
May 2, 2013You receive a call from a very excited client: your lawyer client settled a large case. Or your... Read more »
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Tax Strategy: Pass-Through Entity Simplification
May 1, 2013The House Ways and Means Committee has put forth a series of discussion drafts focused on... Read more »
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Mortgage Interest Deduction Distributed Unequally across States
May 1, 2013The rate at which the mortgage interest deduction is claimed and the average amount deducted... Read more »
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CCH SFS Partners with eFileCabinet on Portal
May 1, 2013CCH Small Firm Services and eFileCabinet are teaming up on offering PortalSafe, an integrated... Read more »
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IRS to Serve Summons at Wells Fargo Seeking Identities of U.S. Taxpayers with Offshore Accounts at CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank
April 30, 2013A federal court in San Francisco has entered an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service to... Read more »
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Former IRS Manager Pleads Guilty to Conflict of Interest after Opening Her Own Tax and Accounting Firm
April 30, 2013A former Internal Revenue Service agent and manager has pleaded guilty to criminal conflict of... Read more »
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IRS Formalizes 3-Month Boston Extension
April 29, 2013The IRS has released Notice 2013-30, formalizing a three-month extension for filing and paying... Read more »
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The Art of the Tax Cartoon
April 9, 2013
A selection of tax cartoons from Philly tax firm Drucker & Scaccetti's 'Finding Humor in Taxes' exhibit
Tax Quiz: Bonus Round
April 5, 2013
One last chance to test your tax knowledge with these final questions from the experts at the National Association of Tax Professionals.
Tax Quiz: Round One
March 11, 2013
Test your tax knowledge with these questions from the experts at the National Association of Tax Professionals.
Strangest Tax Laws
March 5, 2013
State lawmakers can certainly think of some strange tax laws. The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters recently produced its annual list of "quirky" sales and use tax laws from the past year.
Most Ridiculous Tax Deductions
February 20, 2013
The Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants recently surveyed its CPA members about the most creative tax deductions proposed by their clients. Here are some of the most memorable responses from the MNCPA's annual list of strange and unacceptable tax deductions for 2012.
Tax Stats: February 2013
February 9, 2013
Our monthly collection of statistics from the world of tax, from Beyond415
