Tax

Nearly two-thirds of tax professionals are unaware of the various tax incentives that are available to private investors in clean energy projects, according to a new poll by Bloomberg BNA.

CCH has expanded its Expert Treatise Library with two new titles on the subject of corporate taxation.

Financial Web application and database software company NetWorth Services has released 8949 Verifier, a Web-based application designed to allows tax professionals to examine their clients’ 8949 forms instantly for accuracy prior to filing them with the IRS.

The Internal Revenue Service has introduced an online search tool that will allow the public to easily check on information about tax-exempt organizations, such as charities and other nonprofits.

An amendment to a highway transportation bill that would have extended expired tax credits such as the Research and Experimentation Credit in exchange for freezing the salaries of federal employees for another year has gone down to defeat in the Senate.

CBIZ has acquired a six-member state tax consulting group from the firm Dow Lohnes Price.

The Senate has unanimously approved a provision to a highway transportation bill that would revoke the passports of people with seriously delinquent tax debts.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun providing the initial set of test results and certificates to tax preparers who have registered for the new tax return preparer competency test.

Anxious taxpayers awaiting their delayed tax refunds are in some isolated cases taking out their frustrations on their tax preparers.

Check out the digital edition of the March 2012 issue of Accounting Today.