What are tax preparation options?

There are multiple tax preparation options you can choose from. Once you’ve gathered all the tax documents needed, you can now decide if you want to file your taxes by h…

The IRS faces a particularly challenging rollout to the 2019 filing season, best summarized in four words: more work, fewer employees.

President Donald Trump signed the latest tax reform law in December 2017,…

2018 is the Final year for the Insurance Coverage Penalty Yes, the ACA’s individual mandate penalty is still in effect, and will continue to be in effect in 2018. If you’re uninsured in 2018 and not eligible for an exemption, you’ll owe a penalty when you file your…

Integrity & Verification Operation (IVO) department provides leadership and direction to employees responsible for fraud detection and prevention, revenue protection, and account correction.

Integrity and…

When you’re doing your income taxes, you will require a number of forms and probably the most significant one is the W2 form.

Every business that you were employed at in the course of the previous year is l…

Taxpayers generally want to avoid filing errors because they lead to tax problems and inconveniences. There are times when a taxpayer might experience tax filing mistakes due to complicated and sometimes…

Are you wondering who can qualify as a dependent on your tax return? This is your guide to assessing whether one of your family members may be able to be classified as a qualifying dependent when you file your…

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have announced a redesign of the 1040 individual income tax return form that is being touted as one that will fit on a single postcard. The new, postcard-size…

Everybody knows the old saying about death and taxes, yet a surprising number of people fail to file an income tax return. If you’re one of those people and you think you’ll be able to slide by, you need to rec…

If you’re married, you have the option to file one or two tax returns every year. While most people file together on one return due to the increased standard deduction, in some situations, it makes more sense to f…

After months of intense negotiations, the President signed the $1.5 trillion tax reform legislation known as the “Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Of 2017” (the “New Law”) on December 22, 2017 – the most significant tax refo…

The Premise

It’s one of the most important questions that every American tax filer has to answer: should I itemize or take the standard deduction instead? With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 making some fai…

What Day Does Where's My Refund Update? Where’s My Refund?  is an IRS online tool you can use to check the status of your tax return within 24 hours after the Internal Revenue Service has received your e-filed tax return or four weeks after you mail…

Many taxpayers, at risk for having too little tax withheld from their pay, can avoid a surprise year-end tax bill by quickly updating the withholding form they give to their employer, according to the Internal…

Every year, the IRS works a large batch of ”unpostable” tax returns. An Unpostable tax return happens when your tax return is unable to be posted to the master file. An unpostable condition occurs if there is a…

More families will be able to get more money under the newly revised Child Tax Credit, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the tax reform legislation passed in December…

Before you start your search, you might be wondering about all the different kinds of tax pros out there or who can do your taxes. Basically, anyone can call himself a tax preparer and file your return for you.…