It’s a new year, so now it’s time to complete our year-end procedures and make sure we’re ready for 2022. If you have anything to do with accounting, you know this is a crazy time of year. One important deadline for January is filing W-2’s for employees and 1099 Forms for contractors and others. I’m […]
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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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Update: CCH sent out an update on Monday 3/23/2020 with a correction to the fiduciary section. The fiduciary estimate cannot be changed at this time and needs to be done in Word. The instructions below are updated to match their corrected instructions I’m throwing this post out into the internet to help fellow tax professionals
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What a crazy week we’ve had in the tax world. I’ve been trying to stay on top of the developing situation and even I find myself trying to remember what is the most current status of the tax deadlines. Here’s some help if you’re in the same boat. On the afternoon of Friday, March 20,
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Update March 21, 2020:The IRS released Notice 2020-18 on the evening of March 20, 2020 and I have a new post about that notice. It is the IRS’s interpretation and formal guidance on the Twitter tweet from Secretary Mnuchin. There isn’t a formal announcement yet, but Treasury Secretary Mnuchin announced via Twitter this morning (3/20/2020)
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Update March 21, 2020:The IRS released Notice 2020-18 on the evening of March 20, 2020 and I have a new post about that notice. Notice 2020-18 extends the time to file and to pay your taxes from April 15, 2020 until July 15, 2020. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal are reporting today,
IRS could extend April 15, 2020 deadline due to Coronavirus Read More »
The myth that filing an extension increases your risk of an IRS audit has been around for as long as I’ve been working in the tax field. There is no truth to this myth.
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Well, I just realized it’s been a while since I updated my blog. It’s been a crazy 6 weeks so this update is well overdue. Here’s a recap of what’s been going on in my world. To start, the first 15 days of October were really busy around here. Having the corporate tax return deadline
We made it through the last tax deadline for calendar 2017! Read More »
We finally made it through the long hot summer. For the first time in months there is no 100 degree day in our 10 day forecast. This means some big IRS deadlines are coming up, mostly for extended tax returns.
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