Tax forms

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IRS
Michael Cohn
December 14, 2020 12:35 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is extending until June 30, 2021 the period in which it will accept digitally signed and emailed documents due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
October 23, 2020 3:00 PM

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it would restart issuing its 500 series of balance-due notices to taxpayers later this month after they were paused on May 9 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
October 15, 2020 1:47 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers until the end of the year before it stops its temporary procedures for faxing in Forms 1045 and 1139 for claiming tentative tax refunds.

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Michael Cohn
September 22, 2020 4:00 PM

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that lenders who make Paycheck Protection Program loans that are later forgiven under the CARES Act should not file information returns or furnish payee statements to report the forgiveness.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
September 10, 2020 1:47 PM

The Internal Revenue Service added six more forms to the 10 that support e-signatures.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
August 28, 2020 11:10 AM

The Internal Revenue Service is temporarily allowing the use of digital e-signatures on some forms that can’t be filed electronically.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
August 25, 2020 4:58 PM

The Internal Revenue Service plans to send approximately 50,000 “catch-up” economic impact payments.

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Michael Cohn
August 24, 2020 3:23 PM

Several significant changes are probably in store for next tax season.

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House Ways and Means Committee chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass.
IRS
Michael Cohn
August 21, 2020 5:30 PM

The Internal Revenue Service agreed to quit warnings about unpaid taxes while it works through millions of pieces of unopened mail that have accumulated during the pandemic.

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Michael Cohn
August 21, 2020 4:49 PM

The Internal Revenue Service has released a draft version of the Form 1040 for tax year 2020 with several significant changes probably in store for next tax season.

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