The IRS spends millions of dollars each year digitizing paper tax returns, and storing them. While only six percent of individuals file tax returns by mail, the processing cost for those returns makes up 72% of the total processing costs per filing season. The IRS set...
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Nearly Five Million Received Penalty Relief During the Pandemic
The IRS succeeded in accurately providing penalty relief 99% of the time regarding the COVID-19 relief to taxpayers who could not afford to make payments to the IRS during the pandemic. Of the 4.9 million who sought relief, some 3.6 million are on track to ultimately...
Taxpayer Advocate Annual Report to Congress – IRS Challenges Ahead
IRS Taxpayer Advocate, Erin Collins, issued her Annual Report to Congress siting the high workforce at the IRS for improved services to taxpayers. For taxpayers who don’t require the human touch, and file tax returns electronically, with payments and refunds managed...
The IRS is Open for Tax Returns!
The filing season officially began this week with the IRS now accepting income tax returns for 2025. Anticipating approximately 164 million individual returns to be filed by April 15, 2026, the IRS has provided tools and filing options to assist taxpayers with...
Identity Theft Awareness
The IRS marked this week as Identity Theft Awareness to alert taxpayers to current common frauds. For example, some taxpayers are the victims of identity theft, when someone else files a false tax return, claiming huge deductions, in hopes of having a tax refund...
Uniformed Service Members Receive Non-Taxable Payment
The One Big Beautiful Bill strikes again, this time benefiting members of the uniformed services. Certain active-duty members of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corp. and Space Force received a one-time supplemental payment of $1,776 which will not be taxable as...
Holding Someone Else’s Money a Little Too Long…
The California State Controller’s Office recently announced a program to help businesses that are holding on to unclaimed property that should have been turned over to the state in the past. As an attorney and business owner, the matter of holding unclaimed property...
FinCEN Announces Initiatives to Combat Fraud in Minnesota
Following the recent discovery of the billions of taxpayer dollars in benefits fraud that Minnesota suffered, FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network), a part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued several initiatives including an order to require banks...
Get Ready, Get Set…File Your 2025 Federal Income Tax Return
The IRS is making it easier for taxpayers to prepare for the filing season with updates and important information that may help lower your tax liability for 2025. By now, all taxpayers should have an online account with the IRS, which may be established or accessed...
Car Loan Interest Up to $10,000 May Now Be Deductible
Under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill, the IRS has issued proposed regulations that provide a new deduction for interest paid on vehicle loans incurred after December 31, 2024. This may be used by taxpayers regardless of whether they itemize their deductions or use the...
