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The IRS now recognizes same-sex marriage for income tax purposes as well as estate, gift, generation-skipping and employment tax, following the recent Supreme Court holding that state bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 US ___...
The tax code is highly complex. Yet, any number of mistakes and missteps may result in interest and penalties that can outweigh the cost of your initial tax liability. Under some circumstances, you could face criminal charges and jail time.With consequences such as...
The IRS continues to battle identity theft of taxpayers and is proactive for 2016 filing with its authenticity verification test when taxpayers e-file their income tax returns. The IRS is working with specific Payroll Service Providers to use a verification code on a...
The IRS' federal advisory committee, known as the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC), has issued its 2015 report identifying several areas in need of improvement including a revision of certain forms, improvements to the IRS use of FAQs and...
California law remains out of conformity with the federal statutory exclusion for certain discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness for discharges of indebtedness occurring on or after January 1, 2014. However, as explained in detail in FTB's February...
The Law Office of Williams & Associates, PC has been informed that the California Employment Development Department has recently won at least two administrative decisions against Uber in appeals of Obstructed Claims for Unemployment Insurance Benefits, before the...
Now that the United States and numerous foreign jurisdictions have begun the automatic third-party financial account reporting exchange, it is less likely that offshore financial accounts will go unnoticed by the IRS. The IRS reminds taxpayers to take advantage...
The IRS met its deadline to begin the reciprocal automatic exchange of tax information with some foreign jurisdiction tax administrators as agreed under the intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) as part of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). As of September...
According to IRS data, in fiscal year 2014, 120 employment tax cases were opened for tax evasion investigation. Of those, 92 were recommended for prosecution and 82 received federal sentences. These numbers are set to increase, not only in federal cases, but in...
On Friday, October 2, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") announced the exchange of financial account information with certain foreign tax administrations, meeting a key Sept. 30 milestone related to FATCA, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.The IRS...
