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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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Thomson Reuters has released courses to help tax practitioners get ready for the Internal Revenue Services Registered Tax Return Preparer examination, meet annual continuing professional education requirements, and monitor their progress.
July 13 -
Thomson Reuters has created a set of resources under its Checkpoint Learning brand to help Registered Tax Return Preparers deal with the IRS's new education and testing requirements.
July 13 -
A bill to provide tax credits to small businesses that hire new workers has been blocked by Senate Republicans after Democrats refused to allow GOP-sponsored amendments on extending the Bush individual income tax cuts.
July 13 -
For Americans long subject to the complexities and confusions of the Internal Revenue Code, it may come as a shock to find that some believe the U.S. to be a tax haven.
July 13 -
For accountants, crunch time comes around every year, from February to April and then again from June to September.
July 11 -
National tax prep chain Jackson Hewitt Tax Service has launched a tax school in light of the new IRS requirements that preparers secure the RTRP designation.
July 11 -
Legislation to provide tax credits for small businesses that hire new workers has made progress in the Senate, with lawmakers voting 80 to 14 to advance the bill past a procedural hurdle Tuesday, but Senate Democrats blocked an attempt Wednesday by Republicans to add an amendment that would extend the Bush tax cuts for another year.
July 11
