National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson Releases 2012 Annual Report to...
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson released her 2012 Annual Report to Congress on Jan. 9, 2013. The report identifies the most serious problems facing taxpayers today, such as the complexity of the...
View ArticleWhen Can You Begin Filing Your 2012 Federal Tax Return?
<p>The Internal Revenue Service plans to begin processing tax returns on January 30, 2013, for the year 2012 (<a...
View ArticleAnderson: Plastic Grocery Bag Bans and the $87,500 Seagull
Rob Anderson (Pepperdine), Law Profs Bag $87,500 Seagull: Law professors Jonathan Klick (U Penn Law) and Joshua D. Wright (George Mason Law) have posted a paper, Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness,...
View ArticleReynolds: Tax the Revolving Door
USA Today op-ed: Tax the Revolving Door, by Glenn Harlan Reynolds (Tennessee): When President Obama ran for president in 2008, he promised to "close the revolving door" and clean up both ends of...
View ArticleIRS Announces Processing of Returns Claiming Education Credits by mid-February
The IRS recently announced that taxpayers using Form 8863, Education Credits, can begin filing their tax returns for processing in mid-February. Form 8863 is used to claim two higher education credits...
View ArticleIRS Provides Further Disaster Relief for Hurricane Sandy
Taxpayers in New Jersey and New York may be eligible for a further extension of time to file tax returns and to remit payment of federal taxes as a result of Hurricane Sandy. … Read Full Post Go to...
View ArticleIRS Announces Start Dates For Processing Some Tax Returns
The Internal Revenue Service has delayed the processing of several tax forms which needed to be revised due to the American Taxpayer Relief Act. Previously, the IRS had announced that some forms would...
View ArticleFinding the Right Filing Status
When preparing a tax return, one of the first decisions we make is to pick a filing status. Filing status determines which tax rates apply to our income and determines our standard deduction. Filing...
View ArticlePTIN Requirements Not Affected by Court Ruling on Tax Preparer Regulation
On Jan. 18, 2013, the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia issued an injunction to keep the IRS from enforcing regulatory requirements for tax return preparers. In accordance with this...
View ArticleNew Tax Reform Suggestions Posted to Tax Toolkit
New tax reform suggestions submitted by members of the public are available on the Tax Reform Suggestion Box page of the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) Tax Toolkit. Visit this page to read other...
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