Employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) returned to work just in time for the 2019 tax-filing season to begin. By mid-day Monday, several million tax returns had already been received for processing, and the IRS expects about 150 million individual tax returns...
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Month: January 2019
TIGTA Releases Independent Assessment of IRS Private Collection Activities
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently released its biannual independent assessment of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS') private debt collection program, which became a requirement under the 2015 FAST Act. According to TIGTA, the...
Online Retailers May Get Post-Wayfair Relief
Help may be coming for retailers concerned with the abrupt change in the law last year that may require many retailers to begin collecting tax on sales to customers in a state regardless of whether the retailer has a physical presence in the state. In 2018, the U.S....
Shippers May Be Liable for Wage Payments Related to Certain California Port Trucking Companies
Effective January 1, 2019, under California Labor Code Section 2810.4, customers of certain port trucking companies may be held liable for unpaid wages due to commercial truck drivers, as well as any related assessments. According to the DLSE: Any customer that...
IRS Lowers Threshold to Waive Underpayment Penalties for 2018 Tax Withholding Shortfall
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced that it will waive the estimated tax underpayment penalty for many taxpayers who did not have sufficient withholding in 2018. The penalty waiver usually applies to taxpayers who paid at least 90 percent of their...
TIGTA Releases Final Report on 2018 Filing Season
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released its final report on the 2018 filing season just before the federal government shutdown. As of May 4, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) received over 140 million tax returns, 89% of which...
