Taxes

On Mar. 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act—the CARES Act—was signed into law in response to the challenges facing the US economy due to the Covid pandemic. Nearly three years later, IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) reports that it has investigated 975 tax and money laundering cases related to Covid fraud, with

During the week, Eugene Hall uses his tech savvy to chase down tax cheats, identity thieves and other fiscal frauds. And on football Sundays, he assesses penalties—five and ten yards at a time. On Sundays, during the NFL season, you can spot Eugene Hall as side judge 103, making critical calls about whether a catch

Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about how spousal benefit rates are calculated, how continuing to work can affect benefit rates and when survivor’s benefits can become available. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry answers here. Have

This morning, I woke up to the news that devastating tornadoes swept through Mississippi, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens more. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency tweeted, “Unfortunately, these numbers are expected to change.” In times like these, of course, taxpayers want to help. But as part of its annual Dirty Dozen campaign,

Many were hopeful for U.S. tax legislation ensuring businesses could continue to fully deduct their research and experimental (“R&E”) expenditures in the 2022 taxable year. Senator Margaret Hassan (D-NH) introduced a bill as recently as March 16th, 2023, to provide an immediate deduction related to Section 174 expenditures. However, the partisan Congressional divide will likely

The IRS recently announced that scams from promoters pitching the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) to unwary business owners is the top of the “dirty dozen” list of tax cons this year. As I’ve written about previously, business owners need to be eyes open about the ERC – and work closely with their CPA/trusted tax advisor

The IRS has given New York winter storm and snowstorm victims until May 15, 2023, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The relief applies to any area designated by FEMA as a result of storms that occurred between Dec. 23 and Dec. 28, 2022. This means that individuals

As we enter tax season 2023, you may wonder how long you should keep your old tax returns and other paperwork associated with filing your taxes. For those with hard copies of your taxes, you might wonder if you can scan them. Or do you need to keep hard copies? Keep reading as we share

What’s on your desk right now? If you’re a tax professional, chances you have a monitor or two (or three) alongside a computer and, for the old-school among us, a well-worn, dog-eared tax reference book. Depending on the time of day, there may also be a cup of coffee, an energy drink, and maybe a

The revenue provisions of President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget would lower after-tax incomes by an average of about $2,300 next year, according to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center. His plan would raise average after-tax incomes for low-income households in 2024, leave them effectively unchanged for middle-income households, and lower after-tax incomes