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  • Unclaimed Federal Tax Refunds for Tax Year 2017

    April 6, 2021
    State-by-State breakout of possibly forfeited refund money The Internal Revenue Service is once again holding a vast amount of money…
  • Labor Department joins IRS in offering online resources for unemployment fraud victims

    April 5, 2021
    While the Internal Revenue Service is working on recalculating taxes paid on unemployment benefits by early filers, other taxpayers are…
  • 55 big, profitable U.S. companies paid no tax in 2020

    April 4, 2021
    Archer Daniels Midland is one of the major corporations cited in a new report of companies that paid no taxes…
  • NY legalizes marijuana use; taxes, regs in the works

    April 3, 2021
    New York last week became the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana. New Yorkers now can possess up to 3…
  • Unemployment tax adjustments by IRS in the works, with first refunds to go out in May

    April 2, 2021
    You lost your job last year and collected unemployment. You knew that the benefits are taxable income, so when you…
  • A father helps his two children with reading homework at a table, fostering a supportive learning environment.

    5 tax filing status options: Your choice can save, or cost, you tax money

    April 1, 2021
    You're married. You got married on Dec. 31. You're a parent. You take care of an aging parent. You're a…
  • 5 tax moves to make in April 2021 (after MLB’s Opening Day)

    April 1, 2021
    It's April. You know what that means. Major League Baseball is back! Yep, the return of The Boys of Summer takes…
  • Social Security recipients should get COVID-19 relief checks by April 7

    March 31, 2021
    Are you a retiree constantly checking your bank account for your third COVID-19 economic impact payment? The IRS says you…
  • New tax phishing scam targets students, .edu emails

    March 30, 2021
    Ah, college days. Studying, working between and after classes and now trying to avoid becoming a tax scam victim. (Photo…
  • RMDs are back in 2021, but not on April 1

    March 29, 2021
    You've kept a close eye on your nest egg. If some of it is in tax-deferred accounts, required minimum distributions…
  • Hawai’i is the lone holdout in making May 17 Tax Day 2021

    March 28, 2021
    Updated Wednesday, April 7, 2021 Just days after the Internal Revenue Service's March 17 announcement that it was moving the…
  • Congress extends PPP, but state tax news isn’t so good for the COVID-relief loans

    March 27, 2021
    Photo: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was created to help small businesses continue to operate in…
  • IRS & Virginia provide tax breaks for PPE purchases

    March 26, 2021
    As COVID-19 continues to control to at least some degree our lives, federal and state tax officials are offering tax…
  • Texas man pleads guilty to $24.8 million PPP fraud; IRS touts more COVID investigation successes

    March 25, 2021
    New COVID-19 laws have been a lifeline for many individuals and businesses as the United States. They've also created new…
  • Disaster season 2021 is here. Get ready!

    March 24, 2021
    This is the weather we in the Austin area have to look forward to this evening. Severe weather and natural…
  • Where’s your tax refund? Find out with IRS online tracker

    March 23, 2021
    Princess Bride impatience via Giphy.com You're due a tax refund. Plus, your 2020 tax situation means you can claim the rest of the…
  • IRS says more COVID relief payments on the way, mostly by mail this time

    March 22, 2021
    You don't have to literally settle in next to your mail box, but do be on the lookout for your…
  • IRS to automatically issue refunds on tax-free unemployment to eligible early filers

    March 21, 2021
    IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig's testifying on March 18, 2021, before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight.  Watch the…
  • IRS acts on Taxpayer Advocate request to discontinue offsets of some COVID relief payments

    March 20, 2021
    Some people got less COVID-19 relief money because the IRS took some to pay other debts. Every year, some taxpayers…
  • IRS clarifies when a cryptocurrency transaction isn’t a tax transaction

    March 19, 2021
    The tax world is full of instances that are different from the real world. There are quarterly estimated tax payments…
  • Answers to some questions raised by the IRS move of Tax Day 2021 to May 17

    March 18, 2021
    This year's annual federal tax return filing deadline has been moved from April 15 to May 17. Yep, for the…
  • 90 million COVID relief checks delivered. How to find your EIP’s status

    March 17, 2021
    DonkeyHotey via Flickr Around 90 million COVID-19 economic impact payments have been distributed in less than a week since the…
  • IRS tax-free unemployment guidance: don’t amend returns if you’ve already filed; use new worksheet if you haven’t

    March 16, 2021
    Updated on March 21, 2021, to reflect that the IRS plans to automatically calculate any tax refunds due unemployment recipients…
  • State film production tax breaks again in spotlight with 2021 Oscars nominations

    March 15, 2021
    A scene from "Judas and the Black Messiah," which today received six Oscar nominations. The filmmakers also took advantage of…
  • Pi(e) Day March 14 and rounded tax form entries

    March 14, 2021
    Image by Maxime Duprez via Twitter Happy National Pi Day 2021. Or as usurping marketers in the United States also…
  • IRS elaborates on delivery of $1,400 COVID relief payments

    March 13, 2021
    U.S. Treasury check image courtesy frankieleon via Flickr Some people have already received the third economic impact payment (EIP), which…
  • New COVID relief payment means return of pandemic scams

    March 12, 2021
    The third round of coronavirus economic impact payments are on their way. So are con artists trying to convince financially…
  • The child care tax credit is a good claim on 2020 taxes, even better for 2021 returns

    March 11, 2021
    Last March, parents were frantically searching for day camps to enroll their kiddos once school let out for the summer.…
  • Tax-free unemployment change could require amended tax return filings

    March 10, 2021
    The American Rescue Plan is now on its way to President Joe Biden. As soon as Biden signs it, millions…
  • IRS has mail urging it to make Tax Day 2021 later

    March 9, 2021
    The Internal Revenue Service is still working its way through millions of pieces of correspondence delivered last year, so the…
  • Gender and tax bias issues to consider on International Women’s Day 2021

    March 8, 2021
    Happy International Women's Day (IWD), the global commemoration and celebration of women's successes. But it's also recognition that more work…
  • Late 2021 tax-filing season start didn’t slow down taxpayers

    March 7, 2021
    Millions of taxpayers have already followed this calendar note's insistent instruction. Reading tax statistics can be a lot like checking…
  • Senate OKs 3rd COVID payment, final House vote next week

    March 6, 2021
    The news is good if you're eligible for the third coronavirus financial relief payment. The Senate today, Saturday, March 6,…
  • Macro: Biden looks to shift Uncle Sam to electric autos
    Micro: Kia, Ford & Porsche models make tax credit list

    March 5, 2021
    President Joe Biden's heart may belong to his 1967 classic Corvette Stingray, but he's working to make Uncle Sam's 600,000…
  • Three retirement plans that also offer tax savings

    March 4, 2021
    With the expansion of available COVID-19 vaccines, many workers are looking forward to shutting down their home offices and soon…
  • Do you have more time to use FSA money? Here are 6 spending suggestions

    March 3, 2021
    Even during a pandemic, more routine illnesses occur. Don't put off seeing a doctor. Your medical spending account money can…
  • Paying self-employment taxes on the revised Schedule SE

    March 2, 2021
    Being the boss can be fulfilling, exciting and, if profitable, mean more tax responsibilities, like paying self-employment taxes. (Photo by…
  • PPP and other pandemic tax moves to make in March 2021

    March 1, 2021
    March 1 has arrived. Or, as some coronavirus pandemic weary wits have dubbed it, March 2.0 or March 366. Yes,…
  • 2021 housing cost tax break amounts for U.S. expatriates

    February 28, 2021
    A panoramic view of Positano, Italy, the famously vertical town where actor and food/travel show host Stanley Tucci found the…
  • What cryptocurrency’s booming values mean to owners’ taxes

    February 27, 2021
    While GameStop's valuations captured a lot of attention because so-called ordinary investors were taking down the Wall Street pros, another…
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