by Rupinder | May 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Tips from the IRS The Internal Revenue Service today reminds tax-exempt organizations that many have a filing deadline for Form 990-series information returns in mid-May. With the May 15 filing deadline facing many tax-exempt organizations, the Internal Revenue...
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...
by Rupinder | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Additional Staff Available Starting Tomorrow to Revalidate Your Identity; Don’t Delay If you received a Letter 5903, e-Services Revalidation, you must revalidate your identity. For a limited time, the e-Services Help Desk will have additional staff available to only...
by Rupinder | Feb 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
The IRS will not require taxpayers to indicate whether they have health insurance when filing their tax returns, a return to the policy the agency had in place in prior years. The agency reversed a previous decision to require an indication of coverage on tax returns...
by Rupinder | Feb 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Phyllis Kubey, EA, CFP, ATA, ATP, a member of the National Society of Accountants (NSA) who has more than 30 years of experience as a tax professional, has been appointed as a member of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC). IRSAC is an advisory body...
