What You Need to Know About Filing as Head of Household Who Can File as Head of Household? To file…
The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it is waiving the estimated tax penalty for many taxpayers whose 2018 federal…
Self-employed individuals, unlike employees, don’t have someone withholding Social Security or Medicare (FICA) taxes along with pre-payments toward their federal…
The IRS has announced that the 2019 tax filing season will begin on January 28, 2019. Tax preparation companies will…
The IRS announced the 2019 opening day of its Free File program, which provides free electronic filing to qualifying taxpayers,…
WASHINGTON ― Despite the government shutdown, the Internal Revenue Service today confirmed that it will process tax returns beginning January…
The White House will order the IRS to pay income tax refunds despite the government shutdown, Russ Vought, acting director of the Office…
Keeping up with the constantly changing tax laws can help you get the most benefit out of the laws and…
Where's my Refund? Updates Calendar for 2019 Return Accepted Updates - This is the intake process of your tax return meaning…
Are you wondering how the new IRS tax law changes will affect you? Be prepared with need-to-know answers to all…
A new transcript format is now in place to better protect your information from identity theft. This new transcript partially…
The IRS will begin accepting tax returns on January 28, with nearly 155 million individual tax returns expected to be filed…
A cycle code is an 8 digit code found on your account transcripts. The cycle code indicates the day your…
The IRS Modernized e-file, the system that processes electronically-filed business returns, will shut down after December 27, 2018, so the…
Funding for many government agencies expired at midnight on Friday, which triggered a partial shutdown of the federal government. The…
What are tax preparation options? There are multiple tax preparation options you can choose from. Once you’ve gathered all the…
The IRS faces a particularly challenging rollout to the 2019 filing season, best summarized in four words: more work, fewer…
Yes, the ACA's individual mandate penalty is still in effect, and will continue to be in effect in 2018. If…
Integrity & Verification Operation (IVO) department provides leadership and direction to employees responsible for fraud detection and prevention, revenue protection,…
When you’re doing your income taxes, you will require a number of forms and probably the most significant one is…
Taxpayers generally want to avoid filing errors because they lead to tax problems and inconveniences. There are times when a…
Are you wondering who can qualify as a dependent on your tax return? This is your guide to assessing whether…
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have announced a redesign of the 1040 individual income tax return form…
Everybody knows the old saying about death and taxes, yet a surprising number of people fail to file an income…
If you’re married, you have the option to file one or two tax returns every year. While most people file…
After months of intense negotiations, the President signed the $1.5 trillion tax reform legislation known as the “Tax Cuts And Jobs…
The Premise It’s one of the most important questions that every American tax filer has to answer: should I itemize or…
Where's My Refund? is an IRS online tool you can use to check the status of your tax return within…
Many taxpayers, at risk for having too little tax withheld from their pay, can avoid a surprise year-end tax bill…
Every year, the IRS works a large batch of ''unpostable'' tax returns. An Unpostable tax return happens when your tax…
More families will be able to get more money under the newly revised Child Tax Credit, according to the Internal…
Before you start your search, you might be wondering about all the different kinds of tax pros out there or…
Systemic verification is one element of the IRS’s Return Review Program (RRP), its primary system to detect fraud and noncompliance.…
What Is an IRS Tax Transcript? An IRS tax transcript serves as a record of an individual’s tax-related information. This…
Need Help with Your Tax Troubles? Dealing with tax issues can be frustrating, confusing, and frightening. The IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service…
The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an organization within the Internal Revenue Service that is designed to help taxpayers resolve problems with the IRS. …
The Department of Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) issues IRS tax refunds and Congress authorizes BFS to conduct the Treasury…
The IRS’s Failure to Establish Goals to Reduce High False Positive Rates for Its Fraud Detection Programs Increases Taxpayer Burden…
A system the IRS uses to identify potentially fraudulent electronically filed tax returns. It enhances the IRS’s capabilities to detect,…
There are two different being processed messages. One is “still being processed” and the other is “being processed” and they…
Early Direct Deposit Accounts Direct deposit is the “fastest, safest way to receive your tax refund,” According to the IRS.…
The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the PATH Act), was enacted on December 18, 2015. The PATH…
With millions of tax refunds being processed, the Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers they can get fast answers about their…
Even without a government shutdown, taxpayers are having trouble getting through to the IRS at the start of the 2018…
The Internal Revenue Service today announced steep declines in tax-related identity theft in 2017, attributing the success to the Security…
With the surge of tax returns expected during the upcoming Presidents Day weekend, the Internal Revenue Service is offering taxpayers…
The IRS mails millions of letters to taxpayers every year for many reasons. Here are seven simple suggestions on how…
If your Where's My Refund? Status Bars Have Disappeared PLEASE READ! One way to determine what is going on with…
Transaction Codes (TC) consist of three digits. They are used to identify a transaction being processed and to maintain a history…
No matter how hard you try to safeguard personal information, there is still a chance that someone could steal or…