May 31, 2022
Salvatore Russo
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0 CommentsThe IRS addressed the following common myths about tax refunds: Myth 1: Calling the IRS or visiting an IRS office speeds up a refund. The best way to check the status of a refund is online through the “Where’s My Refund?” tool. Taxpayers can also call the automated refund hotline at 800-829-1954. Myth 2: Taxpayers need […]
Read moreMarch 21, 2022Salvatore RussoBlog Posts0 CommentsIRS Backs Off of Facial Recognition Verification The Internal Revenue Service is halting its plans for widespread implementation of a system that would have required taxpayers to use facial recognition and authentication to access services on the agency’s website. In a February 7 statement released by the IRS, the agency said “it will transition away from […]
Read moreMarch 21, 2022Salvatore RussoBlog Posts0 CommentsForm 14457, Voluntary Disclosure Practice Preclearance Request and Application Has Been Updated The IRS has announced that Form 14457, Voluntary Disclosure Practice Preclearance Request and Application, has been revised. Form 14457 allows taxpayers who may face criminal prosecution for willful violation of tax law to voluntarily disclose information to the IRS. These updates and additions […]
Read moreMarch 21, 2022Salvatore RussoBlog Posts0 CommentsFurther Details Provided on Relief in Preparing Schedules K-2 and K-3 The IRS has provided further details on additional transition relief for certain domestic partnerships and S corporations preparing the new schedules K-2 and K-3 to further ease the transition to these new schedules. Those eligible for the relief will not have to file the […]
Read moreMarch 21, 2022Salvatore RussoBlog Posts0 CommentsTreasury Secretary Yellen Promotes Corporate Minimum Tax A corporate minimum tax is needed to provide tax relief to the working and middle class, Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. “Over the past several decades, the burden of taxation – in the United States and globally – has shifted away from corporations and on the […]
Read moreMarch 21, 2022Salvatore RussoBlog Posts0 CommentsAICPA Requests Guidance On How To Handle Prepayment Of Events Canceled By COVID The American Institute of CPAs has asked the Internal Revenue Service to issue updated guidance on how to account, from a tax perspective, prepayments received for live events that were canceled or deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “During the pandemic, taxpayers […]
Read moreFebruary 16, 2022Salvatore RussoBlog Posts0 Comments2022 Inflation Adjustments for Pension Plans, Retirement Accounts Released The 2022 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) that affect pension plan dollar limitations and other retirement-related provisions have been released by the IRS. In general, many of the pension plan limitations will change for 2022 because the increase in the cost-of-living index due to inflation met the statutory […]
Read moreAugust 15, 2021Salvatore RussoBlog Posts0 CommentsPenalty Relief for Certain Pass-through Forms Partnerships, S corporations, and U.S. persons with interests in foreign partnerships may rely on transition relief from penalties for tax years beginning in 2021 with respect to new Schedules K-2 and K-3. These schedules may be required for: Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income, Form 1120-S, U.S. Income […]
Read moreApril 07, 2021Salvatore RussoBlog Posts0 Comments2020 Filing Deadline for Individuals Extended to May 17 The IRS and the Treasury Department have automatically extended the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year, from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021. Individual taxpayers can also postpone federal income tax payments for the 2020 tax year due […]
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