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The California Franchise Tax Board recently compiled statistics regarding the 2016 tax filing season. It released data regarding individual and business returns, refunds, and taxpayer services. Highlights included: A 3 percent increase in personal income tax returns...
Registration for the 2016 Internal Revenue Service Nationwide Tax Forums is now open. The forums offer three days of seminars in the fields of tax law, compliance and ethics at multiple locations around the US, including San Diego, California. For more...
The California Franchise Tax Board recently announced that it will be increasing the interest rate for personal, corporate, and franchise taxes from three to four percent beginning January 1, 2017. The rate for corporation tax overpayments will remain zero percent....
The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a new program that will require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the people hiding behind shell companies who use those companies to pay cash in expensive real estate transactions....
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced that Southern Californians affected by the natural gas leak in the Aliso Canyon storage field that was discovered on October 23, 2015, will not be required to include payments or reimbursements made to them by the...
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson gave her mid-year report to Congress on July 7, 2016, reviewing the 2016 filing season and identifying priority issues she hopes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will address. Olson's main concern is how technology-driven the...
On July 8, 2016, Judge Mark V. Holmes issued an order in US Tax Court case Ernest S. Ryder & Associates, Inc., APLC, et al., v. Commissioner requiring the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to notify the taxpayer of any and all subpoenas, with their responses and...
The Security Summit, a partnership between the IRS, state tax agencies, and private-sector tax industry executives, met on June 28, 2016 to review its first-year successes and strategize for 2017. The Summit focused on improving authentication procedures, information...
On February 19, 2016, California Assembly Member Lopez introduced Assembly Bill No. 2625 to amend certain sections of the Revenue and Taxation code related to the annual minimum franchise tax and microbusinesses. Specifically, it would reduce the annual tax for...
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) implemented a "no cash" policy in its field offices effective September 1, 2015. However, recognizing that this could create a hardship for some taxpayers, the FTB has established an exemption policy effective July 1, 2016....
