getty The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that tax season will open on Friday, February 12, 2021. Yes, on a Friday. The IRS will begin accepting paper and electronic tax returns that day. This is about two weeks later than had been expected. The delay allows the IRS time to do additional programming and
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Internal Revenue Service sign with a traffic signal in the foreground indicating a red light. getty One of my least favorite ideas is hiring private collection companies to collect federal taxes. So I was really intrigued by the second biannual report by the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) on the program. Is IRS
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Sean Parker tour the senator’s childhood neighborhood as an example of the areas that can see investment through the opportunity zone program. Evan Kafka for Forbes President-elect Joe Biden and his administration are keen to undo much of what their predecessors did. Yet when it comes to one flagging Trump
Having been a return-preparing tax professional for the last 40+ years, I annually prepare a top-ten list of concerns about the filing season ahead. Earlier today IRS Commissioner Rettig announced that the upcoming filing season start date will be delayed. IRS will begin accepting tax returns on February 12. I can almost hear the groans across this country
17 states and the District of Columbia impose estate or inheritance taxes separate from the federal … [+] estate tax levy. getty As states address budget woes due to the pandemic, one place they may turn to for revenue as they have in past economic crises is death taxes. Already the District of Columbia has
Supporters of US President Donald Trump, including Jake Angeli (C), a QAnon supporter known for his … [+] painted face and horned hat, enter the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. – Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo by
President-elect Joe Biden is a mere six days from relocating to the Oval Office, and with Democrats holding majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, any and all of the former Vice President’s proposals are now in play. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – JANUARY 14: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes off his mask as
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about when Social Security will recognize recent high income, what happens to benefit checks received in the month a person passes away and how the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) can affect benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
We estimate that 33 of the 100 largest U.S. companies could be subject to President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed corporate minimum tax and pay a total extra tax of $20 billion annually if that proposal were enacted as stand-alone legislation. Because the president-elect has proposed other significant tax increases on U.S. corporations, the effect of the proposed
getty With all of the last minute changes to the Tax Code – and those stimulus check reconciliations – it was clear that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was going to have to make revisions to tax forms used to file 2020 tax returns (the tax returns that you’ll file in 2021). Most tax professionals