Tax

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By Erik Wasson, Laura Litvan and Josh Wingrove
July 2, 2020 12:23 PM

With a resurgence of the coronavirus threatening a nascent rebound of the U.S. economy, the White House and Congress are under increased pressure to come to terms on another round of stimulus.

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By Laura Davison and Allyson Versprille
July 1, 2020 11:23 AM

If you have an income of $1 million or more there’s less than a 1% chance that the IRS has called you in for an audit, according to new figures from the agency.

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IRS Commissioner Charles "Chuck" Rettig
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Michael Cohn
June 30, 2020 3:50 PM

The new format aims to showcase the IRS’s work in fiscal year 2019, along with an additional message about its response this year to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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By Laura Davison
June 30, 2020 9:54 AM

The Internal Revenue Service won’t further delay the tax filing and payment deadline past July 15, despite requests to do so, the agency said Monday.

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National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins speaking with Frank Agostino of Agostino & Associates during the online NYU Tax Controversy Forum
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Michael Cohn
June 29, 2020 4:02 PM

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins released her first report to Congress Monday, discussing some of the difficulties confronting taxpayers and the IRS during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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By Laura Davison
June 29, 2020 12:52 PM

The IRS initiated 71 percent fewer corporate audits this spring compared with the same time period a year ago as the coronavirus pandemic halted many agency operations.

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John Hayashi
June 29, 2020 12:00 PM

Business leaders and accountants should understand three significant SALT issues, if they're expecting an increase of remote employees working in new state or local tax jurisdictions this year.

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By Laura Davison and Mark Niquette
June 29, 2020 10:45 AM

The head of a federal watchdog agency had some direct experience with the shortcomings of one of the coronavirus stimulus programs — a check from the IRS made out to his late mother.

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Joshua Ashman
June 25, 2020 1:57 PM

The extension also applies to Americans living abroad who would otherwise generally have had a filing deadline of June 15.

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By Laura Davison and Mark Niquette
June 25, 2020 12:40 PM

The federal government’s quick action to issue stimulus payments led to more than a billion dollars of fraudulent payments, according to the GAO.

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