by Rupinder | Apr 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
IRS Sees Millions of Tax Returns Last Days of Tax Filing Season The IRS today announced that the agency has received 135.6 million returns this year following a late surge of filings last week. During the week ending April 21, the IRS received more than 17 million tax...
by Rupinder | Apr 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Registration deadline is May 30, 2017 Registration for the Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation® (ACAT) exam to obtain ACAT Accredited Business Accountant/Advisor, Accredited Tax Preparer and Accredited Tax Advisor credentials is now open and the Summer...
by Rupinder | Apr 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
NSA and other tax professional groups wrote to members of Congress last week urging a comprehensive set of recommendations designed to improve services provided by the IRS to taxpayers and tax practitioners. The groups called for an improved governance and oversight...
by Rupinder | Apr 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
The IRS’s private debt collection program is set to begin this week, with four private companies trying to collect overdue taxes on the government’s behalf. The IRS debt collection program is a new version of a program established in 2006 that was shut...
by Rupinder | Apr 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
The National Society of Accountants (NSA) and other tax practitioner-related associations have formed a coalition to call for massive improvements in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The coalition issued a report, Ensuring a Modern-Functioning IRS for the 21st...
by Rupinder | Mar 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Tax Professionals Warned of e-Services Scam; Urged to be Wary of Schemes as Filing Season Deadline Approaches The IRS, NSA, state tax agencies and the tax industry today warned tax professionals to beware of phishing email scams claiming to be from IRS e-Services...