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The Internal Revenue Service kicked off tax season Monday facing a hiring freeze imposed by President Donald Trump in an executive order on Inauguration Day and lingering uncertainty over how to make up for over $20 billion in budget cuts.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service to increase the safe harbor for companies to avoid determining whether the corporate alternative minimum tax would apply to them.

Does your firm have fun during busy season? If not, consider scheduling activities that build community, bring levity to the office, and help keep staff stay motivated through the busiest time of the year.

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump regarding IRS hiring should not affect the use of seasonal employees for the tax filing season, an AICPA vice president said Tuesday.

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel announced Friday that he would resign.

The Internal Revenue Service today issued guidance on the income and employment tax treatment of contributions and benefits paid in certain situations under a state paid family and medical leave program, as well as the related reporting requirements. Rev. Rul. 2025-4 PDF provides guidance to the District of Columbia and states that have mandatory paid family and medical leave programs and for employees working in and employers operating in those states. Today’s guidance responds to requests to clarify the federal tax treatment of state paid leave programs that help pay employees who can’t work because of non-occupational injuries to themselves or family members, as well as sickness and disabilities.

Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations addressing certain SECURE 2.0 Act provisions, including a provision that would require most newly established 401(k) and 403(b) plans to automatically enroll eligible employees beginning with the 2025 plan year.

The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued proposed regulations for corporate separations and reorganizations, including reporting requirements for multi-year corporate separations.

The Internal Revenue Service today announced that the nation’s 2025 tax season will start on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, and will feature expanded and enhanced tools to help taxpayers as a result of the agency’s historic modernization efforts.

The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations today addressing several SECURE 2.0 Act provisions relating to catch-up contributions, which are additional contributions under a 401(k) or similar workplace retirement plan that generally are allowed with respect to employees who are age 50 or older.

The Internal Revenue Service announced today that the IRS Free File Guided Tax Software will be available Friday for taxpayers ahead of the official start of tax season later this month.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have proposed amendments to Circular 230, which governs practice before the IRS. The amendments are the most extensive since 2014 and cover significant developments that have affected practice before the service since that time.

Address tax law changes and focus on practice management.

The transformative leader, who is retiring on Dec. 31, guided the organization and the profession for nearly three decades.

Paul N. Iannone, CPA, J.D., MST and Danny A. Pannese, CPA/ABV/CFF, CSEP, MST, associate professors, and Benoit N. Boyer, Ph.D., retired professor, all in the Jack Welch College of Business and Technology at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, wrote “Cleaning up intercompany debt” for the November 2024 issue of The Tax Advisor.

This publication has been updated to address the guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) relative to the victims of severe storms and flooding in Connecticut and New York. In recognition of the recent IRS guidance, the Commissioner of Revenue Services will exercise the authority provided him under Conn. Gen. Stat.§ 12-2(a)(5) on a case-by-case basis and the Department of Revenue Services (DRS) will consider requests for relief from penalty and interest that would otherwise accrue on late filings and payments after September 30, 2024.

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The Internal Revenue Service announced today an extension of the current Free File program through 2029 following an agreement that will continue to make the free private-sector tax software available to taxpayers.

The renewable energy finance landscape has undergone a transformative shift with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Building on this legislation, IRS proposed guidance in June 2023 helped to establish the tax credit transfer market, thereby allowing corporate taxpayers to play a pivotal role in the clean energy revolution. In this article, we explore the historical context of Investment Tax Credits (ITC) and Production Tax Credits (PTC), traditional tax equity financing structures, and the new opportunity presented by tax credit transferability for small- and medium-sized corporations.

Over 125,000 high-income people who have not filed federal tax returns since 2017 will be mailed letters advising that they must file returns or explain why they don't need to file a return, the IRS said Thursday.