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Tax News & IRS Insights for Accounting Professionals
Accounting Today delivers news and analysis for accounting and tax professionals on federal and state tax developments, IRS guidance,information reporting, and operational implications for practices and clients. Our coverage focuses on legislative and procedural shifts that tax practitioners must monitor in planning, compliance, and advisory contexts.
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Small business owners prefer a Tax Code with low rates and fewer deductions, according to a new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business, but their bottom line is whether their taxes rise or fall.
March 11 -
The Minnesota Department of Revenue is advising the states tax payers not to use Intuit products to file their 2012 taxes electronically or on paper due to what it claims are multiple issues with their products, according to a recent Forbes article.
March 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax practitioners that they cannot electronically file Form 8839, Qualified Adoption Expenses, this year, but instead must mail the forms to the IRS.
March 11 -
Check out the digital edition of the March 2013 issue of Accounting Today.
March 8 -
Like most of you, Ive already experienced my fair share of stress this busy season, and it has barely begun. In addition to the shortened filing period, many practitioners are facing significant software glitches. Those are tough challenges for firms like my own, which consists of myself, a seasonal employee and an administrative person.
March 7 -
With lawmakers under pressure to find ways to reduce the deficit while avoiding the more painful spending cuts in the sequester, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing to examine how to reduce the deficit by eliminating wasteful spending in the Tax Code.
March 6 -
The Internal Revenue Service reminded practitioners that they should not include advertisements for their services when sending out W-2 forms.
March 6