Earlier this month, the IRS has announced the new targets for their examination efforts. This information is in line with the previous discussion to target wealthy individuals over the $400,000 income threshold that was mentioned by President Joe Biden in the 2022 State of the Union speech, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who instructed the IRS
On September 14th, 2023, the IRS released their IRS Newswire IR-2023-169 for the immediate stop to the new Employee Retention Credit as they were flooded with fraudulent claims, or as the IRS wrote "questionable claims". This stop would be at least until the end of the year. This moratorium happened less than ten days after
In the IRS Tax Tip 2022-123, the IRS reminds college students and any taxpayers that might claim them, that there are two education credits available for them: 1. American Opportunity tax credit Worth a maximum benefit of up to $2,500 per eligible student Only available for the first four years at a post-secondary or vocational
The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is a fully refundable credit that targets businesses with employees (w2s) in 2020 and 2021. These businesses must have been impacted by the pandemic, mainly either 1) reduction of sales (50% reduction in 2020 quarter versus 2019 quarter or 20% reduction in 2021 quarter versus 2019 quarter) or 2) partial
Advance child tax credit payments letter can help people get remainder of 2021 credit To help taxpayers reconcile and receive all the 2021 child tax credits to which they are entitled, the IRS started sending Letter 6419, 2021 advance CTC, in late December 2021 and will continue into January. This letter includes the total amount
On an email reminder sent last week, the City of Philadelphia requires businesses to give notifications to their employees about a) The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and b) Philadelphia Wage Tax Refund Program on electronic or printed copy and no later than February 1, 2022. The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
In the Issue Number: COVID Tax Tip 2021-187, the IRS makes references to several items that are new or have changed for 2021, such as: Changes to the charitable contribution deduction Taxpayers who don't itemize deductions may qualify to take a deduction of up to $600 for married taxpayers filing joint returns and up to
In the Issue Number: IR-2021-219, the IRS announced the tax year 2022 annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules and other tax changes. The tax items for tax year 2022 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following dollar amounts: The standard deduction for married couples filing
On the Issue Number: IR-2021-171, the IRS announced the launch of a new feature allowing any family receiving monthly Child Tax Credit payments to quickly and easily update their mailing address using the Child Tax Credit Update Portal Additionally, the IRS will mail a year-end summary statement (Letter 6419) to all taxpayers who have received
In August 2021, there have been several updates to the Employee Retention Credit guidance plus the National Conference of CPA Practitioners was extremely critical with some of this recent guidance. As you can read on this post, there are still different areas of this tax credit that are litigious and unclear for tax professionals. We
