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IRS Warns Taxpayers to Watch Out for Common Tax Scams (IR-2025-26)
The IRS released its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025, cautioning taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals about schemes that threaten their financial and tax information. The IRS iden...
IRS Expands Individual Online Account to Simplify Tax Filing (IR-2025-28)
The IRS has expanded its Individual Online Account tool to include information return documents, simplifying tax filing for taxpayers. The first additions are Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, and F...
IRS Informs Taxpayers of ABLE Accounts for Disability-Related Savings
The IRS informed taxpayers that Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts allow individuals with disabilities and their families to save for qualified expenses without affecting eligibility...
IRS Encourages Taxpayers to Use Refund Tool (IR-2025-25)
The IRS urged taxpayers to use the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on IRS.gov to track their 2024 tax return status. Following are key details about the tool and the refund process:E-filers can chec...
IRS Releases Excludable or Deductible Foreign Housing Expenses for 2025 (Notice 2025-16)
The IRS has provided the foreign housing expense exclusion/deduction amounts for tax year 2025. Generally, a qualified individual whose entire tax year is within the applicable period is limited to ma...
FL - Solid mineral tax rates for 2025 announced
Florida has released the severance tax rates on the production of heavy minerals and other solid minerals for 2025.Phosphate Rock ProducersFrom January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, the tax rate...
IRS Warns Taxpayers to Watch Out for Common Tax Scams (IR-2025-26)
The IRS released its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025, cautioning taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals about schemes that threaten their financial and tax information. The IRS iden...
IRS Expands Individual Online Account to Simplify Tax Filing (IR-2025-28)
The IRS has expanded its Individual Online Account tool to include information return documents, simplifying tax filing for taxpayers. The first additions are Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, and F...
IRS Informs Taxpayers of ABLE Accounts for Disability-Related Savings
The IRS informed taxpayers that Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts allow individuals with disabilities and their families to save for qualified expenses without affecting eligibility...
IRS Encourages Taxpayers to Use Refund Tool (IR-2025-25)
The IRS urged taxpayers to use the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on IRS.gov to track their 2024 tax return status. Following are key details about the tool and the refund process:E-filers can chec...
IRS Releases Excludable or Deductible Foreign Housing Expenses for 2025 (Notice 2025-16)
The IRS has provided the foreign housing expense exclusion/deduction amounts for tax year 2025. Generally, a qualified individual whose entire tax year is within the applicable period is limited to ma...
FL - Solid mineral tax rates for 2025 announced
Florida has released the severance tax rates on the production of heavy minerals and other solid minerals for 2025.Phosphate Rock ProducersFrom January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, the tax rate...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has removed the requirement that U.S. companies and U.S. persons must report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act.


Melanie Krause, the IRS’s Chief Operating Officer, has been named acting IRS Commissioner following the retirement of Doug O’Donnell. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged O’Donnell’s 38 years of service, commending his leadership and dedication to taxpayers.


A grant disbursement to a corporation to be used for rent payments following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center was not excluded from the corporation's gross income. Grants were made to affected businesses with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The corporation's grant agreement required the corporation to employ a certain number of people in New York City, with a portion of those people employed in lower Manhattan for a period of time. Pursuant to this agreement, the corporation requested a disbursement as reimbursement for rent expenses.


The parent corporation of two tiers of controlled foreign corporations (CFCs) with a domestic partnership interposed between the two tiers was not entitled to deemed paid foreign tax credits under Code Sec. 902 or Code Sec. 960 for taxes paid or accrued by the lower-tier CFCs owned by the domestic partnership. Code Sec. 902 did not apply because there was no dividend distribution. Code Sec. 960 did not apply because the Code Sec. 951(a) inclusions with respect to the lower-tier CFCs were not taken into account by the domestic corporation.


An appeals court affirmed that payments made by an individual taxpayer to his ex-wife did not meet the statutory criteria for deductible alimony. The taxpayer claimed said payments were deductible alimony on his federal tax returns.


The IRS has urged taxpayers to e-file their returns and use direct deposit to ensure filing accurate tax returns and expedite their tax refunds to avoid a variety of pandemic-related issues. The filing season opened on February 12, 2021, and taxpayers have until April 15 to file their 2020 tax return and pay any tax owed.


The IRS has issued guidance clarifying that taxpayers receiving loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) may deduct their business expenses, even if their PPP loans are forgiven. The IRS previously issued Notice 2020-32 and Rev. Rul. 2020-27, which stated that taxpayers who received PPP loans and had those loans forgiven would not be able to claim business deductions for their otherwise deductible business expenses.


Whether for a day, a week or longer, many of the costs associated with business trips may be tax-deductible. The tax code includes a myriad of rules designed to prevent abuses of tax-deductible business travel. One concern is that taxpayers will disguise personal trips as business trips. However, there are times when taxpayers can include some personal activities along with business travel and not run afoul of the IRS.

As a result of recent changes in the law, many brokerage customers will begin seeing something new when they gaze upon their 1099-B forms early next year.  In the past, of course, brokers were required to report to their clients, and the IRS, those amounts reflecting the gross proceeds of any securities sales taking place during the preceding calendar year.

Often, timing is everything or so the adage goes. From medicine to sports and cooking, timing can make all the difference in the outcome. What about with taxes? What are your chances of being audited? Does timing play a factor in raising or decreasing your risk of being audited by the IRS? For example, does the time when you file your income tax return affect the IRS's decision to audit you? Some individuals think filing early will decrease their risk of an audit, while others file at the very-last minute, believing this will reduce their chance of being audited. And some taxpayers don't think timing matters at all.