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The National Society of Accountants, NCCPAP and the AICPA are asking the IRS and Treasury for tax relief during the pandemic.

The president said he would allow individuals and businesses to “defer tax payments without interest or penalties” and he urged Congress to cut payroll taxes.

The U.S. Treasury Department is considering extending the 2019 tax-filing deadline beyond April 15 to provide relief from economic disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Here are some of the significant disclosure items that are either already required, or will be required, for next filing season.

The American Institute of CPAs has submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department asking them for more guidance on the qualified business income deduction in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released guidance Friday to help farmers deal with a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and reduce their taxes by leveraging a tax break for small businesses.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury have proposed regulations updating the income tax withholding rules to reflect the changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the recently redesigned Form W-4 and the IRS’s new Tax Withholding Estimator.

The U.S. and Europe are making progress toward a global pact on the taxation of digital services, with France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, saying on Thursday that American officials agreed on a blueprint for negotiations.

A group of Senate Democrats has launched an investigation of the regulatory process for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the ways in which exceptions were made for corporations as a result of fierce lobbying with the passage of the 2017 tax overhaul.

The institute has asked the IRS and the Treasury to issue a notice clarifying that relief will also apply to S corporations.