Small business owners describe scrambling to comply with varying sales tax compliance rules across a welter of jurisdictions.
The US Government Accountability Office’s 25 top to-do items for IRS tax administration focus on service, tax fraud, cybersecurity, information reporting, audits and staffing.
Last week’s bump was the third midyear increase in the past 14 years, and it came after members of Congress wrote to the IRS about rising fuel prices.
The IRS highlights additional abusive taxpayer arrangements and tactics as its annual “Dirty Dozen” series ends.
A document issued Thursday by Treasury offers clarity related to, for example, tax and management consulting services that would not be prohibited by the U.S. sanctions announced last month.
Acknowledging recent sharp increases in gasoline prices, the IRS announced a rare midyear increase in the standard mileage rate, starting July 1.
Emails appearing to come from the Internal Revenue Service or a tax software provider may aim to steal tax return preparers’ account and client information.
The IRS’s annual series continues with caveats about fake communications intended to bilk taxpayers out of their tax and financial information.
Sketchy operations target tax debtors for offers in compromise, and preparers who remain anonymous on returns generally have something to hide, the IRS says in its ongoing series.
The IRS continued its annual series, highlighting threats to ordinary taxpayers from would-be thieves.