Tax season

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.

5 Min Read
Form 1040
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.

1 Min Read
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.

10 Min Read
form-1040-2018.jpg
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.

2 Min Read
1040 forms
By Laura Davison and Allyson Versprille
June 25, 2020 10:41 AM

Taxpayers who are owed a refund may also get a second check this year if they took advantage of the July 15 extended filing deadline, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

1 Min Read
IRS building 2
IRS
Michael Cohn
May 18, 2020 4:42 PM

The Internal Revenue Service is bringing in more help to deal with the flood of calls about economic impact payments.

2 Min Read
ACT062918 blackline cybersecurity industry accountants chart
Michael Cohn
May 5, 2020 11:56 AM

The pandemic is 'turning up the volume' on security risks, according to security experts.

7 Min Read
AT-043020-ProfessionalServicesFirmsAvoid.png
Lee Frederiksen
May 1, 2020 10:00 AM

As if tax season isn’t already stressful enough, the coronavirus pandemic is making things that much harder.

3 Min Read
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig speaking at the AICPA National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C.
IRS
Michael Cohn
April 27, 2020 10:40 AM

The Internal Revenue Service is urging some benefits recipients to register their children and other dependents for the extra $500 per child stimulus payments by May 5 if they haven’t already filed a tax return for 2018 or 2019.

2 Min Read
Withum sign
Edward Mendlowitz
April 27, 2020 9:30 AM

We just got through a most unusual “tax season,” with taxes pushed aside at the beginning of April to be consumed with the SBA and PPP.

4 Min Read