IRS funding may be reduced in proposed 2024 spending proposal

Under a recently announced bipartisan fiscal year 2024 spending proposal, a portion of IRS funding initially provided by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) may be rescinded sooner than first announced. The IRA provided the IRS $80 billion in new funding. Subsequent legislation has chipped away at that amount. The Fiscal Responsibility Act cut $1.4 billion. […]

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6 tips to improve job-costing systems

Companies that work on customer-specific or long-term projects — such as homebuilders, contractors, custom manufacturers and professional practices — generally track job costs to gauge the profitability of each project. In turn, this helps them bid future projects. Unfortunately, the job-costing process tends to be cumbersome, causing some expenses to inadvertently fall through the cracks […]

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IRS’s Energy Credits Online tool allows Clean Vehicle Credit within 72 hours

The IRS’s Energy Credits Online tool allows clean vehicle dealers to register online and receive dealer advance payments for the Clean Vehicle Credit within 72 hours of the sale of a qualified clean vehicle. The tool generates a time-of-sale report. The agency has announced that it’s extending the deadline for qualified dealers to submit their […]

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Bar Association submits comments on investment broker reporting requirements

Recently, the American Bar Association (ABA) submitted comments and recommendations to the IRS about investment broker reporting requirements. This was in response to the Aug. 2023, release of proposed regulations under Sec. 6045 that instructed brokers to include transactions involving digital assets. The ABA contends that the regulations threaten “overly expansive and duplicative reporting, which […]

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