Tax

The IRS headquarters in Washington
IRS
Michael Cohn
October 26, 2020 10:06 AM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving taxpayers more time until Nov. 21 to register their dependents for the $500 per child Economic Impact Payments provided under the CARES Act.

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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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House Ways and Means Committee chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass.
IRS
Michael Cohn
October 23, 2020 2:22 PM

The leaders of Congress’s main tax-writing committee are wondering if the Internal Revenue Service will be ready to handle next tax season as it’s still processing millions of pieces of correspondence that went unopened for months during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Non-profits
Michael Cohn
October 23, 2020 1:56 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is reversing course on the automatic revocation notices that it sent to more than 30,000 tax-exempt organizations.

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Lynn Ballou
October 23, 2020 11:37 AM

Add in the complexities of this year’s presidential race, and we have a recipe for uncertainty and fear.

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Tabassum Ali
October 21, 2020 1:12 PM

Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s tax proposal will limit direct tax increases to just 1.9 percent of taxpayers.

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Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.
IRS
Michael Cohn
October 21, 2020 11:06 AM

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee want the agency to reverse the automated revocation of status for tens of thousands of nonprofits.

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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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Tax forms
Michael Cohn
October 14, 2020 2:00 PM

Accounting firms Crowe LLP and BKD LLP released year-end tax-planning guides Wednesday, during a time of great uncertainty over future tax changes in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming election.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, listens during the first U.S. presidential debate hosted by Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alicyn McLeod
October 14, 2020 11:20 AM

This article looks at a few key components of the presidential nominees' tax positions.

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