Tax relief

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Roger Russell
March 27, 2020 5:23 PM

The measure contains tax relief for both businesses and individuals, and other stimulus measures.

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By Ed Slott
March 27, 2020 10:55 AM

The passage extends the IRA contribution deadline and waives RMDs for 2020. Here’s what else financial advisors need to know.

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Michael Cohn
March 27, 2020 10:40 AM

The American Institute of CPAs wants the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to give taxpayers more tax filing and payment relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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By Laura Davison and Allyson Versprille
March 25, 2020 6:21 PM

The payments are one of the central provisions of the $2 trillion stimulus package awaiting a Senate vote.

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By Bloomberg News
March 25, 2020 6:00 PM

Days of negotiations between the Trump administration and Congress — and fierce lobbying by industries eager for assistance dealing with the coronavirus outbreak — has yielded a rescue package worth more than $2 trillion in spending and tax breaks.

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Michael Cohn
March 25, 2020 5:36 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is giving foreign banks and financial institutions more time to file information about U.S. taxpayers with overseas bank accounts because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Jeff Stimpson
March 25, 2020 4:08 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is taking a “sweeping series of steps” to help taxpayers during the coronavirus outbreak.

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By Laura Davison
March 25, 2020 2:26 PM

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he wants direct payments to households to go out within three weeks of Congress passing a stimulus law, yet former IRS officials say those payments could take months to reach households.

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Michael Cohn
March 25, 2020 10:52 AM

The Internal Revenue Service posted a frequently asked questions page about the recently announced delay in tax filing and payments until July 15 because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (left), shakes hands with committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
Michael Cohn
March 20, 2020 5:10 PM

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have released separate sets of tax proposals aimed at alleviating the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, in contrast to the two bipartisan bills that have been signed into law already.

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