Home sweet home: Do you qualify for office deductions?

If you’re a business owner working from home or an entrepreneur with a home-based side gig, you may qualify for valuable home office deductions. But not everyone who works from home gets the tax break. Employees who work remotely can’t deduct home office expenses under current federal tax law. To qualify for a deduction, you […]

Freedom of Information Act

Is the IRS improperly handling Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests? Taxpayers may request records from the IRS through the FOIA. To ensure that requests are properly handled, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) must annually review the process. After the IRS transitioned to an automated system (FOIAXpress), TIGTA reviewed a sample of […]

e-Postcard files need to use authentication

Tax-exempt organizations take note: Form 990-N (e-Postcard) filers need to use the IRS’s new authentication platform. In general, nonprofits are eligible to file the annual information return 990-N if they have annual gross receipts of $50,000 or less. Regardless of how they previously logged in, these nonprofits now have three options: 1) Sign in with […]

Are your risk-management practices keeping up with the times?

Risks abound in today’s uncertain marketplace. Nearly two-thirds of senior finance leaders said that the volume and complexity of corporate risks have changed “mostly” or “extensively” in the past five years, according to a new report published by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and North Carolina State University. Surprisingly, this report, 2022 […]

IRA causes form revisions

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) can be expected to require a few tax form adjustments. It appears that the IRS may revise Forms 941, 6755, 8794 and possibly others. Employers use these forms to claim the qualified small-business payroll tax credit for boosting research activities, which increased under the IRA. Section 13902 of the IRA […]

Sources of State and Local Tax Collections

Unpacking the State and Local Tax Toolkit: Sources of State and Local Tax Collections (FY 2020) https://bit.ly/3ThQoAC

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IRA provides for IRS funding

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides about $80 billion over 10 years to fund the IRS and improve its “tax enforcement activities” and technology. The funds will be available to the IRS through Sept. 30, 2031. With the funds, the IRS plans to hire nearly 87,000 personnel to help with tax-law enforcement efforts to further […]

Guidance issued for Clean Vehicle Credit

The U.S. government has begun issuing guidance regarding the Clean Vehicle Credit in the new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA introduced a $4,000 tax credit for the purchase of used EVs and updated the $7,500 credit for new ones, with major changes. To qualify for the credit, there are now new requirements, including caps […]

Business identity theft

Is the IRS successfully combatting business identity theft? The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently took a look. In an audit, TIGTA reported that progress is being made by using filters to detect potential fraud, plus conducting prompt reviews of business tax returns with high-dollar refunds. However, it added: “TIGTA continues to believe […]