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TIGTA: IRS Gave Out More Than $10 Billion in Excess Child Tax Credits in 2021

CPA Practice

The IRS miscalculated 2021 child tax credit payments for thousands of eligible taxpayers as of May 5, 2022, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. The results of a TIGTA audit, which was released on June 14, found that: 6,833 taxpayers potentially received $10.5

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

TaxConnex

For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). million accountants and auditors in the U.S.

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Will the IRS Deny Your Claim for the Employee Retention Tax Credit?

Withum

When that prohibition was lifted nine months later by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, claims for the ERC exploded. One unfortunate side effect of the ERC explosion has been the proliferation of tax credit companies offering dubious advice in exchange for outsize fees. See generally Notice 2021-20, Q&As #23-28.

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IRS Provides Limited Relief Surrounding IRC 174

Withum

Until the proposed regulations are published, taxpayers can rely on the excluded product right exception for R&E expenditures paid or incurred in the taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021. However, automatic changes in accounting methods can be filed on Form 3115 and are not due until the extended due date of the tax return.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG UK Pay Freeze; PwC Canada Layoffs; EY Bailing on Office? | 11.24.23

Going Concern

EY moved to a hybrid work policy in 2021 “with the expectation that most of its people will normally spend at least two days a week working remotely”. Taxpayers who use tax professionals can sometimes also show reasonable cause—i.e., Taxpayers who use tax professionals can sometimes also show reasonable cause—i.e.,

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Updated Guidance on R&D Expenditures: Notice 2024-12 and Rev. Proc. 2024-9

Cherry Bekaert

2024-9 relieves the need for certain taxpayers to file non-automatic accounting method changes by year-end specifically, Rev. 2024-9 allows taxpayers to comply with the guidance in Notice 2023-63 by filing an automatic accounting method change for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021. Specifically, Rev.

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Beyond tax season: creating revenue stability year-round

ThomsonReuters

If you spend a lot of time hiring temporary employees just to help with tax season, you could be missing out on a lot of potential talent—those employees who are looking for long-term positions. Tax accountants who only need office space for a few months out of the year must spend a lot of time before tax season looking for good options.

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