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In another response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS is allowing retirement plan participants who want to take coronavirus-related distributions from their retirement plans to provide remote signatures, even for spousal consents.
The IRS announced that taxpayers will be able to electronically file Forms 1040-X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, later this summer.
The IRS issued proposed regulations explaining how taxpayers who may qualify for the Sec 36B premium tax credit are affected by the temporary reduction of the personal exemption deduction under Sec. 151 to zero.
The IRS issued its annual inflation-adjusted contribution limits for contributions to health savings accounts permitted to participants in high-deductible health plans. Most of the amounts increased slightly over the 2020 amounts.
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Individuals not required to file a return can use a tool on the IRS website or file a special 2019 return.
The IRS announced that taxpayers for whom the Service does not have direct deposit information should go to its “Get My Payment” website and enter that information by noon on Wednesday, May 13, so they can receive their stimulus payments electronically.
Chris Hesse, CPA, the AICPA Tax Executive Committee chair, analyzes how the CARES Act's provisions allowing carryback of net operating losses for 2018 through 2020 interact with other new provisions.
Here are legislative and IRS responses to the coronavirus outbreak.
A taxpayer is subject to civil penalties for nonwillful failure, a court holds.
Individuals and businesses can avoid having their prolonged stay in a country affect their tax residence if their cross-border travel was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, under limited relief the IRS announced in two revenue procedures and FAQs.
Social Security and Railroad Retirement beneficiaries who didn’t file 2018 or 2019 tax returns must enter their children’s information by noon EDT on Wednesday, April 22, to get an automatic $500 child stimulus payment.
The IRS issued guidance on how to file tax returns in order to receive an economic impact payment for taxpayers who do not normally file income tax returns or who have zero adjusted gross income amounts to report can file returns using special IRS procedures.
Recipients of Veterans Affairs benefits were added to the list of individuals who will automatically receive economic impact payments, the IRS announced.
The IRS announce that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive automatic stimulus payments, but some taxpayers need to enter information about qualifying children.
The IRS announced the launch of its “Get My Payment” website, which is designed to permit people who filed tax returns to enter their direct deposit information and check the status of their $1,200 stimulus payment.
The IRS has launched an online portal for taxpayers who are eligible to receive an economic impact payment but who are not normally required to file an income tax return because their income is too low.
The IRS granted relief for a broad array of tax filing and payment deadlines that fall between April 1 and July 15, expanding on previous relief, as requested by the AICPA.
The IRS announced that Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefit recipients will not have to file a tax return to receive the $1,200 stimulus payment provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
The IRS issued a new form and instructions for employers to use to obtain advance payments of three tax credits that were created to help businesses cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
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