Tax

IRS headquarters
IRS
Michael Cohn
June 12, 2020 5:28 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is extending the due dates on its balance due notices because it wasn’t able to mail out the preprinted letters to taxpayers due to office closures during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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IRS commissioner nominee Charles Rettig
Michael Cohn
June 12, 2020 5:05 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers and tax professionals once again to beware of tax fraud and other related financial scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Boarded up residential buildings in the Port Morris neighborhood of the Bronx
IRS
Michael Cohn
June 12, 2020 3:55 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving investors in opportunity zone funds relief from some of the requirements in the controversial program because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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IRS
Michael Cohn
June 8, 2020 5:26 PM

The Internal Revenue Service won’t charge people who threw their stimulus money away because they thought the envelope was junk mail.

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President Trump speaks outside the White House on June 5.
By Mario Parker, Erik Wasson and Saleha Mohsin
June 8, 2020 10:54 AM

President Donald Trump said he’ll ask Congress to pass more economic stimulus, including a payroll tax cut, even after the government reported a surprise improvement in U.S. unemployment on Friday.

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The New York State Capitol Building in Albany
Judy Vorndran and Stacey Roberts
June 4, 2020 12:00 PM

The financial landscape is looking worse than lawmakers expected, sending states to ferret out every opportunity to expand, demand, and open new and broader tax pipelines. No business will be spared.

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Internal Revenue Code books sit during a House Ways and Means Committee markup hearing in Washington, D.C.
Michael Cohn
June 2, 2020 5:17 PM

The CARES Act included several provisions allowing companies to claim net operating losses for past tax years, temporarily reversing some of the limitations in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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The U.S. Capitol building stands before sunrise in Washington, D.C.
Mark A. Luscombe
May 29, 2020 9:00 AM

The act increased many of the limits from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and the IRS has offered more guidance.

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Wind Farm
Michael Cohn
May 28, 2020 1:45 PM

In response to the coronavirus, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury are giving renewable energy companies more time to develop projects using sources such as wind and geothermal.

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Coronavirus remote work telecommuting
Sandy Weinberg
May 28, 2020 9:00 AM

Do employees working remotely during the pandemic trigger filing obligations for their companies?

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