IRS issues draft instructions for Partnership Schedules K-2 and K-3 for 2022 tax returns. On October 25, 2022, the IRS issued a draft set of instructions for partnership’s 2022 Schedule K-2 and K-3. An important element is the “Who Must File” section, because some partnerships might not have to file these two international schedules, but […]
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I am just now reading the IRS Notice 2022-36 and wanted to share the news to help spread it around. I guess it was initially released last night (August 23, 2022) and then pulled off their website. It was then re-released to their website today, August 24, 2022. The notice proves relief for certain taxpayers
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#TaxTipTuesday – write to the House Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee with your concerns and watch their meeting with IRS Commissioner Rettig on 3/17/2022 at 10 am ET. #TaxTwitter
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Those of you following along with the drama unfolding about getting setup with a new IRS online account are probably aware of the pushback from the public and Congress about the IRS using facial recognition to setup one of these accounts. Last week the IRS announced they would move away from using biometric data to
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Tax time is here for filing your 2021 Form 1040 US. Federal Income Tax Return. Whether you are using a tax professional to prepare and file your return or you’re preparing it yourself, there are a couple steps you can take to reduce potential errors or delays in processing your return. Two new important items
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The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) had a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, January 6, 2022, to cover updates related to the tax profession. One of the items they highlighted is how dysfunctional the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) currently is. The biggest problem is they aren’t opening their mail or reading the faxes that are
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Never to be satisfied with the confusion they cause, the IRS set off a wave of anxiety across the tax profession this afternoon. So what was this announcement? Well, the IRS announced that they are moving the April 15, 2021 deadline for individuals to May 17, 2021. Sounds simple right? No, it’s not simple at
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This is just a quick update on the status of tax deadlines for victims of the winter storms that began on February 11, 2021. These taxpayers have until June 15, 2021 to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the IRS announced today, February 22, 2021. The relief applies to individuals
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Right now, the IRS says you can’t deduct the expenses related to your PPP loan forgiveness but it doesn’t have to be that way. Write to your Congressperson and Senators and tell them to allow PPP Expense deductions for small businesses. See the sample letter at the end of this post from the AICPA. There
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Summary: IRS releases guidance on deductibility of expenses related to loans forgiven under the Paycheck Protection Program. It’s been a while since the Internal Revenue Service issued a late night batch of tax rules, but they did it again last night on November 18, 2020. They released their Revenue Ruling 2020-27 and Revenue Procedure 2020-51.