Paul Bonner

Previous regulations had based the affordability of employer-offered coverage for family members on the cost of an employee’s self-only coverage.

Taxpayers now have until Jan. 10, 2024, to supply missing information within 45 days of submitting a Sec. 41 research and development credit refund claim under new requirements.

Under Notice 2022-44, the high-low method rates will be slightly higher and the list of high-cost localities in the continental United States is revised, both effective Oct. 1.

A downloadable booklet describes the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s safeguards rule and includes a template for a firm’s required written information security plan.

The Inflation Reduction Act passed by the Senate on Sunday includes many tax items, some designed to raise revenue and others to promote various clean energy initiatives.

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins escalated her push for the IRS to adopt barcode scanning of paper tax returns, but the IRS would commit only to a goal of third-party scanning for certain 2022 returns.

The bill now goes to President Joe Biden, who has said he will sign it into law.

The IRS’s fiscal 2022–26 Strategic Plan sets out goals to modernize its operations and interactions with taxpayers while adapting to new challenges and threats.

Temporary waiving of fingerprinting and identification procedures for new federal employees due to the pandemic could have allowed access to taxpayer data by individuals who were ineligible for federal employment.

The IRS deploys more AI-powered phone abilities, enabling taxpayers calling the Service to authenticate their identifies and arrange to pay tax liabilities.

Small business owners describe scrambling to comply with varying sales tax compliance rules across a welter of jurisdictions.

The IRS highlights additional abusive taxpayer arrangements and tactics as its annual “Dirty Dozen” series ends.

Emails appearing to come from the IRS or a tax software provider may aim to steal tax return preparers’ account and client information.

Sketchy operations target tax debtors for offers in compromise, and preparers who remain anonymous on returns generally have something to hide, the IRS says in its ongoing series.

The IRS continued its annual series, highlighting threats to ordinary taxpayers from would-be thieves.

The first installment of the Internal Revenue Service’s annual feature focuses on four abusive transactions and arrangements.

The US Government Accountability Office found disparities in the distribution of some tax items, but notes impediments to knowing taxpayers’ race, ethnicity, and sex.

The IRS responds to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration that pointed to the March 2021 incident as one example demonstrating a need for the Service to increase e-filing options.

The IRS provides two simplified filing methods for bona fide residents of Puerto Rico to claim the child tax credit.

Exceptions to the special rule allowing the temporarily higher basic exclusion amount to apply to gifts credited against estate tax.