Final regulations require certain companies to e-file returns for tax years ending on or after Dec. 31, 2023, and lower the e-filing requirement threshold to 10 returns.
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AICPA recommends 12 digital asset FAQs for IRS to post online
The AICPA has suggested questions and answers the IRS could post to assist taxpayers and practitioners in answering the question about digital assets that appears on Form 1040.
Taxpayers can now submit information online in response to 9 IRS notices
The change could help over 500,000 filers annually who receive these notices, including those who receive credits such as the child tax credit, the IRS said.
IRS misses Friday deadline to turn over $80 billion spending plan
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ordered the IRS to have the plan to her by Feb. 17. An IRS spokesman said the agency “expects to deliver the plan to the Secretary in coming weeks.”
AICPA makes 61 proposals to Congress for changes to the Internal Revenue Code
The 2023 AICPA Compendium of Tax Legislative Proposals — Simplification and Technical Proposals, which includes 61 proposals covering a wide variety of subjects, opens with a proposal to standardize definitions in the Internal Revenue Code so that terms have the same meaning throughout the Code.
Some corporate taxpayers eligible for IRS CAP pilot on prefiling feedback
The IRS announced on Monday a new pilot phase Compliance Assurance Process (CAP) program called Bridge Plus to provide prefiling return review to some large corporate taxpayers in the Bridge phase.
Taxpayers can exclude certain 2022 state payments from federal returns
Taxpayers who received certain general welfare or disaster relief payments or refunds in 2022 will not have to include them in income on their federal returns, the IRS announced on Friday.
IRS seeks information on 21 states regarding special payments, refunds
The national taxpayer advocate criticized the IRS for delaying the release of guidance on state special tax payments or refunds made in 2022 that she said could affect tens of millions of taxpayers.
Proposed tip-tracking program aims to improve tip reporting compliance
The IRS proposes a new voluntary program for service industry employers to track tips in an attempt to improve tip reporting compliance.
Change allows more vehicles to qualify for the new clean vehicle tax credit
Treasury and the IRS said Friday the IRS will use the EPA Fuel Economy Labeling Standard in proposed regulations to define which vehicles are eligible for the Sec. 30D clean vehicle tax credits, enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Wait times for practitioner phone line reduced, IRS official says
Kenneth Corbin, commissioner of the IRS Wage and Investment Division, said calls are being answered in under 10 minutes as a result of more staff and stifling the “voice bots.”
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Prop. regs. identify syndicated conservation easements as listed transactions … Final regs. issued on centralized partnership audit regime … Domestic filing exception requirements modified in draft Scheds. K-2, K-3 … Clean energy project prevailing wage rate and apprenticeship requirements issued
Blast from the past: Tax planning with the repair regs.
Elections made as long as nine years ago may need updating.
Accounting firm’s distributed clients are intangible assets
But related income allocations did not have substantial economic effect because the partnership did not properly maintain capital accounts, the Tax Court held.
Debt arrangement did not give rise to an interest in partnership equity
The Tax Court respects a property developer’s interest deductions despite the lender’s entitlement to a share of net profits.
New online portal available for businesses to file Forms 1099
Although available to businesses of any size, the IRS expects the new Information Returns Intake System to be especially useful to small businesses that now file paper Forms 1099.
Taxpayers reminded about digital asset question and income reporting
The IRS also expanded and clarified the instructions for answering the question to help taxpayers answer it correctly. Taxpayers must answer the question even if they didn’t engage in activities involving digital assets, just as in the 2021 tax year.
FinCEN provides time estimates for compiling beneficial ownership details
FinCEN estimates that most companies will have a simple structure that will require 90 minutes per response, but complex entry filings will require much more time.
What’s the 411? Explaining Schedules K-2 and K-3
Tax experts discuss the intricacies of the revised draft versions of the Schedule K-2 and K-3 forms, including who needs to file them and when, in this podcast episode with transcript.
Auto depreciation limitations make a big leap for second year in a row
The IRS issued sharply higher new depreciation limitations for passenger automobiles, including those for which bonus depreciation is applied.
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