IRS Employees Furlough

IRS Employees Furlough

IRS Employees Plan for Furlough While most Americans are planning for Memorial Day – and may skip work on Friday, May 24, to get an early start on the holiday – the employees of the Internal Revenue…

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Follies

Follies

Now that it is all over but the paying and the weeping, it may be appropriate to consider how truly absurd the tax laws in the United States have become...…

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Audit Risk

Audit Risk

A new study by the National Taxpayer Advocate used confidential IRS data to show large clusters of potential tax cheats in these five metropolitan areas. The IRS uses the information to target taxpayers for audits....…

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Interim Results for 2013

Interim Results for 2013

The IRS faced several time constraints this year. Tax professionals and taxpayers everywhere were anxious to process returns, and the effects of the delay were felt by everyone when tax season did not start on time. The major reason for the deferral was ...…

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Sequester

Sequester

Sequester May Hurt IRS Collection EffortsThe head of the Internal Revenue Service is warning that the government-wide spending cuts that took effect last month could hurt federal tax collections.IRS…

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“IRS Email” Scam

“IRS Email” Scam

Tax Season may be over, but scammers are pressing hard to separate taxpayers and tax preparers from their money. Scammers have unleashed a flood of bogus IRS emails targeting tax preparers because they have access to...…

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