Tax practice

The Internal Revenue Service has given some farmers, fishermen and other agricultural industry taxpayers until March 10 to electronically file the newly revised Form 4136, "Credit for Federal Tax Paid on Fuels."

In November, we devoted a column to the issues surrounding the new return preparer penalty standards under Internal Revenue Code Sec. 6694 enacted as part of the Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007. Those changes focused on the expansion of coverage of Code Section 6694 to tax returns beyond income tax returns; an increase in the penalties imposed, including penalties based on 50 percent of fees derived from return preparation; and an increase in the disclosure standard required to avoid penalties to more likely than not (greater than 50 percent) from a realistic possibility of prevailing on the merits (greater than one third).

The Congressional Budget Office has issued a report on the deductibility of state and local income taxes, looking at the benefits and drawbacks of the system.

The economic stimulus package that President Bush signed into law last week is drawing attention mostly to its tax rebates for individuals, but the bill also contains several provisions that should benefit small and midsized companies.

The Internal Revenue Service wants senior citizens, disabled veterans and retired railroad workers to make sure to file a tax return in order to receive a rebate, even if they don't normally do so.

As thousands of CPA firms across the country embark on that annual ritual known as filing season, more and more practices are looking toward document management and workflow solutions to ease the ensuing crush of paper.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Procedure 2008-16, which provides a safe harbor under which the IRS will not challenge whether a property that is rented to others but also occasionally used by the owners for personal purposes qualifies as property that may be exchanged in a like-kind exchange under Section 1031 of the Tax Code.

The Georgia Senate has approved a bill that will do away with the state portion of the property tax.

As thousands of CPA firms across the country embark on that annual ritual known as filing season, more and more practices are looking toward document management and workflow solutions to ease the ensuing crush of paper.

The Internal Revenue Service said it has begun successfully processing the five tax forms affected by the long-delayed patch for the alternative minimum tax.

As thousands of CPA firms across the country embark on that annual ritual known as filing season, more and more practices are looking toward document management and workflow solutions to ease the ensuing crush of paper.

Senator Jack Reed, D-R.I., has written letters to the heads of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board asking how to improve the transparency of the types of assets linked to subprime mortgages.

The Internal Revenue Service said that even people who do not normally file tax returns because of their low incomes would need to file this year in order to receive an economic stimulus payment.

Accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron has unveiled a series of recommendations for coping with the tightening economy.

Amazon.com has come out fighting against New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer's proposal to tax online sales.

As thousands of CPA firms across the country embark on that annual ritual known as filing season, more and more practices are looking toward document management and workflow solutions to ease the ensuing crush of paper.

The House Committee on Small Business held a hearing on business activity taxes and their impact on small businesses.

On a day when Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and six major banks announced a 30-day moratorium on foreclosures on some types of property, the Internal Revenue Service said homeowners whose mortgage debts were partially or entirely forgiven could claim relief on a newly revised IRS form.

Now that clients have received their W-2 forms from their employers, we’re starting to get into the main part of tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service has released the Corporation Source Book, which presents balance sheet, income statement, tax and other statistics across various industrial sectors.