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(Bloomberg) With only a week to go until T-Day, it’s countdown time—and about one-third of U.S. income tax returns had yet to be filed as of April 1. Following last year’s abysmal mix of poor customer service, massive identity theft, and refund fraud, a healthy dose of tax filing dread seems to have set in. […]
document.createElement(‘aside’); http://www.accountingtoday.com Print Email Reprints The Internal Revenue Service failed to fully redact Social Security Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers from hundreds of its Offer in Compromise files that are available to the public, according to a new report. The report, from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, found that files available for public […]
The House Ways and Means Committee plans to markup and vote on four pieces of Republican-sponsored legislation aimed at limiting the Internal Revenue Service’s authority over its spending, particularly in the areas of employee bonuses, hiring, and delegation of user fees. The first bill, H.R. 3724, Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2015, […]
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday to examine the Internal Revenue Service’s recent failures to protect taxpayer information from cybercriminals. John Koskinen The hearing probed the IRS’s efforts to protect private taxpayer information this tax season to determine what improvements may be needed to better safeguard taxpayers from cybercriminals. In his opening statement, […]
document.createElement(‘aside’); http://www.accountingtoday.com Print Email Reprints The IRS is requesting nominations for its Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee, a federal advisory committee that advises the service on various tax administration issues. The IRPAC presents a report to the IRS commissioner at a public meeting each fall. Members are appointed to three-year terms, but terms are staggered […]
The Internal Revenue Service’s extra $290 million in funding this year helped the IRS improve its level of responsiveness to taxpayer phone calls, according to a new report. Tony Reardon The report, from the Government Accountability Office, found that processing of individual income tax returns in 2016 has gone relatively smoothly through mid-February and the […]
document.createElement(‘aside’); http://www.accountingtoday.com Print Email Reprints Bozos Taxable Talk: Ironclad tip for almost any celebrity: “Be careful about your taxes. The IRS loves going after Bozo tax celebrities.” Thus we come to “the story that refuses to die,” hinging on “Survivor” survivor Richard Hatch and his zombie-like claim that CBS and the producers of “Survivor” promised […]
The Internal Revenue Service introduced a new payment option Wednesday for individual taxpayers who need to pay their taxes with cash at their local 7-Eleven store. In partnership with ACI Worldwide’s OfficialPayments.com and the PayNearMe Company, individuals can now make a payment without the need of a bank account or credit card at over 7,000 […]
document.createElement(‘aside’); http://www.accountingtoday.com Print Email Reprints The Internal Revenue Service warned taxpayers Wednesday about a new phishing scam targeting Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia residents. John Koskinen This time, the email scammers are citing tax fraud and trying to trick victims into verifying “the last four digits of their social security number” by clicking on a […]
When it comes to getting a resolution considered during an Internal Revenue Service collection case in which the IRS doesn’t have criminal prosecution aspirations, there is only one piece of advice that fits every case. The most basic and sound advice that a representative should give a taxpayer is: get caught up with unfiled returns […]
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