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How to check the status of your federal tax return

Taxpayers can access the Where's My Refund? tool two ways: Visiting IRS.gov  - https://www.irs.gov/refunds Downloading the IRS2Go app To use the tool, taxpayers will need: Their Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification number Tax filing status The exact amount of the refund claimed on their tax return The tool displays progress in three phases: Return

By |2025-01-09T12:33:54+00:00May 19th, 2021|Categories: Individuals|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Debunked IRS myth – Taxpayers file late and do not pay their taxes (Wrong: 98% of tax revenue is voluntary)

From the Issue Number: CL-2021-17, the IRS featured the IRS Commissioner, Charles Rettig, discussing how taxpayers who file and pay on time play a vital role in the tax system. “More than 98 percent of the tax revenue collected by the IRS comes in voluntarily from taxpayers. When you do your part by filing your

By |2025-01-07T09:26:51+00:00May 19th, 2021|Categories: Business, Individuals|Tags: , , , , , |

New Jersey Residents Will Pay Most in Taxes Over a Lifetime

Over the last couple of days, we found different articles published on the media that New Jersey residents will have paid taxes for almost a million dollars over their lifetime. This is more than any other States ( Massachusetts and Connecticut residents come close at $827,185 and $805,213 respectively). On average, the other residents pay

By |2025-01-10T05:55:37+00:00May 19th, 2021|Categories: Individuals|Tags: , , , , , |

IRS Backlog is growing

One week to the end of the 2020 tax season (May 17, 2021), the IRS backlogs keeps growing mainly driven by manual reviews and checks due to the unemployment benefits exclusion ($10,200), stimulus checks (rebate credit) that might not have reported accurately in the 2020 tax return, and other items such as Earned income credit.

U.S. court authorizes IRS to get identities of crypto users

From the article below, it points out that the IRS is focusing more and more on crypto transactions. Initially, it was the disclosure requirement in the 1040 tax return to report if the taxpayer hold crypto currencies. The exact question is "At any time during 2020, did you receive, sell, send, exchange, or otherwise acquire

Offer in compromise – General information

The offer in compromise is an option when there is an IRS debt that the taxpayer cannot pay in full. The IRS considers the income, expenses (living expenses), and assets to potentially reach an agreement on a reduced amount. Note that the process is not easy and you have to qualify for the offer in

By |2021-05-08T17:59:12+00:00May 8th, 2021|Categories: Individuals|Tags: , , , , |

New York State has approved their Pass through Entity Tax (PTET)

The New York PTE tax follows several other states in availing itself of the IRS’ guidance in Notice 2020-75, which permits the use of PTE tax regimes like New Jersey and Connecticut previously. With the new PTE tax in place, eligible entities that elect to be taxed at the entity level will now be able

By |2025-01-10T06:19:52+00:00May 5th, 2021|Categories: Business, Individuals|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

IRS2Go mobile app

In the recent IRS Tax Tip 2021-59, the IRS provides information on their IRS mobile app that allows you to check on refunds, make tax payments, etc. The IRS mobile app – IRS2Go – provides taxpayers with quick access to helpful IRS tools on their mobile devices. The app is free to download on any

By |2025-01-09T12:42:39+00:00May 4th, 2021|Categories: Individuals|Tags: , , , , , |

Around 29 million returns hold by the IRS

Over the past year, we have noted that the IRS processing times have been delayed due to the pandemic. During this 2020 tax season (Jan to May 2021), there has been delays in the processing of tax returns and several sources point to the change of tax laws during this tax season as one of

By |2025-01-06T08:47:23+00:00April 24th, 2021|Categories: Individuals|Tags: , , , , , |

FBAR deadline April 15 (automatic extension Oct 15)

The IRS reminds foreign bank and financial account holders the FBAR deadline remains April 15 in their Issue Number: IR-2021-83. Who Must File A United States person, including a citizen, resident, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust and estate, must file an FBAR to report: a financial interest in or signature or other authority over

By |2025-01-08T05:38:53+00:00April 9th, 2021|Categories: Individuals|Tags: , , , |
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