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Feds Cracking Down on Unlawful Tax Return Preparers

CPA Practice

The Justice Department is advising taxpayers to choose their return preparers wisely as the April 15 federal tax filing deadline approaches. Unscrupulous preparers who include errors or false information on a tax return could leave a taxpayer open to liability for unpaid taxes, penalties and interest.

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Paperwork You Can Toss After Filing Your Tax Return

RogerRossmeisl

Once you file your 2022 tax return, you may wonder what personal tax papers you can throw away and how long you should retain certain records. You may have to produce those records if the IRS audits your return or seeks to assess tax. It’s a good idea to keep the actual returns indefinitely.

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IRS Revenue Agent Charged With Filing False Tax Returns in Massachusetts

CPA Practice

By Dave Eisenstadter, masslive.com (TNS) A 17-year veteran of the IRS was arrested on Wednesday and charged with filing false personal tax returns for three years and underreporting about $90,000 worth of income, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy’s office. Attorney’s office said. Attorney’s office wrote.

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$1.5 Billion in Unclaimed Tax Refunds from 2019 Set to Expire in July 2023, Says IRS

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million people across the nation (state-by-state list below) have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2019 but face a July 17 deadline to submit their tax return. billion in refunds remain unclaimed because people haven’t filed their 2019 tax returns yet. For 2019, the credit was worth as much as $6,557.

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IRS Notice 2023-21: Relief for Filing Amended 2019 and 2020 Federal Tax Returns

Cherry Bekaert

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Notice 2023-21 clarifying how the postponed tax return filing deadlines in 2020 and 2021 affect amended return filings. In April 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-23 , which postponed certain 2019 federal tax return filing and payment deadlines until July 15, 2020.

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In ongoing accounting crunch, where to go for sales tax help?

TaxConnex

Your sales tax obligations depend on knowledge and that knowledge often resides in a professional tax specialist (usually an accountant) who helps your company meet its sales tax obligations. This is a complicated time for sales tax obligations – and a terrible time to try to hire an accountant. There were about 1.65

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Tax Tips for New Parents

RogerRossmeisl

As reported via IRS Tax Tip 2023-89 in October 2019 Kids are expensive. There are several tax breaks that can help. Confirming a child’s birth is the only way the IRS can verify that the parent is eligible for the credits and deductions they claim on their tax return.

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