IRS

Sign in front of IRS building in Washington, D.C.
IRS
Michael Cohn
July 6, 2020 3:52 PM

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released proposed regulations and temporary regulations to offer guidance for consolidated groups on net operating losses in the wake of changes under both the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the CARES Act.

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By Alexis Leondis
July 6, 2020 9:58 AM

The 2017 tax law eliminated the federal write-offs previously allowed for unreimbursed business expenses and home offices, along with most other miscellaneous itemized deductions.

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Boarded up residential buildings in the Port Morris neighborhood of the Bronx
IRS
Michael Cohn
July 2, 2020 2:53 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is extending timelines for performing some of the actions associated with the low-income housing tax credit and bonds for qualified residential rental projects to give businesses more time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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By Laura Davison and Allyson Versprille
July 1, 2020 11:23 AM

If you have an income of $1 million or more there’s less than a 1% chance that the IRS has called you in for an audit, according to new figures from the agency.

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IRS Commissioner Charles "Chuck" Rettig
IRS
Michael Cohn
June 30, 2020 3:50 PM

The new format aims to showcase the IRS’s work in fiscal year 2019, along with an additional message about its response this year to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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By Laura Davison
June 30, 2020 9:54 AM

The Internal Revenue Service won’t further delay the tax filing and payment deadline past July 15, despite requests to do so, the agency said Monday.

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National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins speaking with Frank Agostino of Agostino & Associates during the online NYU Tax Controversy Forum
IRS
Michael Cohn
June 29, 2020 4:02 PM

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins released her first report to Congress Monday, discussing some of the difficulties confronting taxpayers and the IRS during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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By Laura Davison
June 29, 2020 12:52 PM

The IRS initiated 71 percent fewer corporate audits this spring compared with the same time period a year ago as the coronavirus pandemic halted many agency operations.

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By Laura Davison and Mark Niquette
June 29, 2020 10:45 AM

The head of a federal watchdog agency had some direct experience with the shortcomings of one of the coronavirus stimulus programs — a check from the IRS made out to his late mother.

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Joshua Ashman
June 25, 2020 1:57 PM

The extension also applies to Americans living abroad who would otherwise generally have had a filing deadline of June 15.

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