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  • IRS allows businesses to withdraw improper ERC claims

    October 22, 2023
    Small businesses' many challenges were multiplied during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) helped many companies and their…
  • Some explanations as to why the federal deficit doubled

    October 21, 2023
    Unsplash+ in collaboration with Alexander Mils The Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill is getting a lot of attention since one of…
  • Two men who gambled on tax evasion schemes lost

    October 20, 2023
    The rich and famous frequent Monaco's glamorous casinos. The European principality also was the base for a U.S. taxpayer who…
  • Amsterdam’s tourist taxes likely headed higher

    October 19, 2023
    A field of tulips in Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands. (Photo: Unsplash+ in collaboration with Zdeněk Macháček) Tax season, at least the…
  • IRS awards $51 million to VITA & TCE program sponsors

    October 18, 2023
    Super helpful is how millions of taxpayers describe VITA and TCE volunteers each tax-filing season. The IRS has awarded new…
  • 13 states could participate in IRS’ 2024 Direct File pilot

    October 17, 2023
    UPDATE, Sept. 5, 2025: Has your state joined Direct File? Check out this special Direct File 2025 Participating States page.…
  • Most Californians get another month to file federal and state tax returns

    October 16, 2023
    Updated Tuesday, October 17, 2023 The Internal Revenue Service's surprise announcement came on what was Tax Day for millions of…
  • Tax Gap grows to $688 billion per latest IRS calculations

    October 15, 2023
    Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash The Internal Revenue Service relies on taxpayers voluntarily filing correct tax returns and paying…
  • File (and pay) your taxes by Oct. 16 or face penalties

    October 14, 2023
    Tax time is almost up if you got a filing extension. (Unsplash+ in collaboration with Getty Images) It is Tax Day…
  • Don’t fear, or fall for, these 13 scary, but wrong, tax myths

    October 13, 2023
    Reviewed and reposted Friday, June 13, 2025. No upcoming eclipse, or Halloween scares this summer month, but these 13 tax…
  • Social Security taxable wage base goes to $168,600 in 2024

    October 12, 2023
    The coming wage base bump also means more FICA taxes for higher earners. It looks like this man got the…
  • GOP tax bill would increase standard deduction by up to $4,000

    October 11, 2023
    Around this time each year, the Internal Revenue Service releases its annual inflation adjustments for a wide range of tax…
  • 8 filing tips for Oct. 16 tax extension filers

    October 10, 2023
    If you're just now getting to work on your extended 2022 tax return, which is due to the Internal Revenue…
  • Oct. 16 also is deadline for some self-employed retirement account contributions

    October 9, 2023
    You have a lot of responsibilities when you're self-employed. One includes making contributions to your retirement plan, which in some…
  • Farmers & ranchers in 49 states get drought tax relief

    October 8, 2023
    These cattle chilling out in the West Texas Big Bend area don't appear worried about much. Their owners, however, have a…
  • State taxes will take a bite out of most lottery jackpots

    October 7, 2023
    Photo by dylan nolte on Unsplash There are nine states with no personal income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire,…
  • Former IRS consultant pleads guilty to stealing and sharing Trump (and others) tax data

    October 6, 2023
    Update, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024: Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn today was sentenced to five years in prison for disclosing…
  • W&M members want ERC backlog answers from IRS

    October 5, 2023
    Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Businesses who applied for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) aren’t the only ones upset…
  • $10,000+ cash transaction reporting changes coming in 2024

    October 4, 2023
    Piles of illicit cash were a plot feature in the AMC show "Breaking Bad." Since meth-making kingpin Walter White couldn't…
  • W&M approves HSA enhancements

    October 3, 2023
    Congress has received a lot attention of late for action on the full House floor. Over the weekend, U.S. Representatives…
  • 3 tax moves to make this October

    October 2, 2023
    Check out some October sweet tax treats below that could help make this month less scary, at least as far…
  • Saltwater seeping into the Mississippi leads to tax relief for some Louisianans

    October 1, 2023
    A few years ago, tugboats pushing barges down the Mississippi River, like this one going under the Vicksburg Bridge, was…
  • ‘Better Call Saul’ wins real-life Liberty Tax trademark lawsuit

    September 30, 2023
    Actor Bob Odenkirk in the season 4 finale of "Better Call Saul," where his titular character, after getting his law…
  • Don’t fall for tax text message scams

    September 29, 2023
    This summer, the Internal Revenue Service warned us of a surge of tax scams. Identity thieves were sending a barrage…
  • Senators want to enhance the adoption tax credit

    September 28, 2023
    Shutterstock The financial challenges American families face have gotten a lot of attention recently. Notably, Congress is (still) fighting over…
  • 4 tips to deal with the resumption of student loan payments

    September 27, 2023
    You made it through college. Congratulations! Now you've just got to repay that student loan. Photo by Muhammad Rizwan on…
  • New IRS bots available to help resolve tax payment notices

    September 26, 2023
    Unsplash+ in collaboration with Philip Oroni Get ready fellow taxpayers. Our robot tax overlords are here. Or rather, getting more…
  • All Maine and Massachusetts taxpayers get Hurricane Lee tax relief, new Feb. 15, 2024 deadline

    September 25, 2023
    Hurricane Lee in the Atlantic on Sept. 11, 2023, before heading north. Hurricane Lee was a strange, scary storm. It…
  • New Jersey is number one in property taxes

    September 24, 2023
    Photo by Nikola Knezevic on Unsplash The famous saying about all politics being local also applies to taxes, most notably…
  • Swifties & BeyHive provide the IRS with targets for lower resale tax reporting law

    September 23, 2023
    Beyoncé on the Renaissance World Tour at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on June 1, 2023, (Photo by Raph_PH -…
  • Florida pass-through company tax evasion scheme ends in owners’ jail time

    September 22, 2023
    The sentencing of the two Fort Myers businessmen this week comes as the Internal Revenue Service ramps up its compliance…
  • IRS reverses plan to stay open if government shuts down

    September 21, 2023
    Updated Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year,…
  • A tax to-do list after you say ‘I do’

    September 20, 2023
    Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash After two years of decline, thanks in part to the coronavirus pandemic, marriages in…
  • 7 tax considerations for divorcing couples

    September 19, 2023
    Unsplash+ in collaboration with Getty Images The U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) shows…
  • Hunter Biden sues IRS over tax disclosures

    September 18, 2023
    Hunter Biden hugging his father Joe and stepmother Jill after the elder Biden was sworn in as President of the…
  • IRS to hire 3,700 nationwide to expand tax compliance efforts

    September 17, 2023
    Your next "welcome to your new job" handshake could be at the Internal Revenue Service. (Photo: Unsplash+ in collaboration with Ahmet…
  • IRS halts ERC claims, warns businesses about scam promoters

    September 16, 2023
    Photo by Max Burchill on Unsplash To paraphrase a gazillion social media posts, exploitative people are why we can't have…
  • Artificial grass tax evasion scheme ends in real prison time for company owner

    September 15, 2023
    The scheme involved false W-9 information, which meant the payor wasn't able to provide the owner of the artificial turf…
  • Disasters mean some taxpayers get more time to pay September’s estimated taxes

    September 14, 2023
    The third estimated tax payment deadline is tomorrow, Sept. 15. But this year, some usual 1040-ES filers in 10 states…
  • Georgians pummeled by Idalia finally get tax relief, including new Feb. 15, 2024, deadline

    September 13, 2023
    Screenshot from Atlanta's 11Alive report via YouTube on Tropical Storm Idalia's impact on Southeast Georgia. It took a while longer…
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