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 November 4, the IRS released notice 2021-61 which contains technical guidance regarding all of the cost of living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year 2022 . The IRS highlighted the following changes in their communication IR-2021-216: The contribution limit for employees who participate in 401(k), 403(b),
Based on IRS communication IR-2021-212, the IRS sent approximately 430,000 refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020. Earlier this year, the IRS began its review of tax returns filed prior to the enactment of ARPA to identify the excludible unemployment compensation.
Should You Amend Your Tax Return? What Business Owners Need to Know (CPA Guide) Filing taxes is complex, and mistakes can happen. If you're considering amending your tax return, it's important to understand when it's necessary and how it may affect your financial situation. When You Should Amend Your Tax Return Missing or incorrect income
As part of the Issue Number: IR-2021-186 and , the IRS reminded business owners the differences between independent contractors and employees. Independent contractor vs. employee Whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee depends on the relationship between the worker and the business. Generally, there are three categories to examine: Behavioral Control −
Based on the IR-2021-179 release, victims of Hurricane Ida in parts of New York and New Jersey now have until Jan. 3, 2022, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced on 9/8/2021. The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency
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
Our advice to our clients is to provide us the notice from the tax authority as soon as they receive it, so we can review it, check your tax returns and other tax records and either explain in plain English the letter to the taxpayer or reply to the IRS notice. In some cases, we
As part of the IRS Tax Tip 2021-112, the IRS reminded the taxpayers their Bill of Rights. We highly recommend reaching out to a tax professional once you get a notice from any tax authority to ensure it is address on a professional and timely matter. We noted that some of the notices received by
The IRS is providing more and more tools for the taxpayers to access their information online, calculate Child tax credit, or estimate their w2 withholdings (employees). The withholding estimator is a series of questions (it is a long process as it is really detailed), but it might help you estimate your w2 withholdings better. If
