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Tax Season to Start January 29, 2024

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The IRS has announced that it will start accepting and processing tax returns on Monday, Jan. million individual tax returns to be filed by the April 15, 2024, tax deadline. Although the IRS will not officially begin accepting and processing tax returns until Jan.

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Florida Tax Preparer Gets Prison for False Returns and Online Romance Scam

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23, 2024, to two years in prison for a scheme to file false tax returns, and to two years in prison for an unrelated online romance scam. According to court documents and statements made in court related to the tax scheme, Iona Coates owned and operated Bits & Bytes Accounting Services Inc.,

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IRS to Try Out Its Free E-Filing Tax Return Program in 13 States Next Year

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Thirteen states have agreed to participate in a trial run of the IRS’s free online return filing system, called Direct File, during the 2024 tax season, the agency said on Tuesday. Supporters of the idea have said the option would make tax return services more equitable and accessible for all Americans.

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IRS Starts Accepting Returns and Extends Hours at Tax Assistance Centers

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The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2024 tax season on January 29, 2024, accepting and processing federal individual tax returns, and announcing that it expects more than 146 million individual tax returns for 2023 to be filed this filing season.

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IRS Launches Tax Professional Awareness Week

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With the 2024 tax filing season starting later this month, the IRS is launching a special Tax Professional Awareness Week , from Jan. 8-14, 2024, to assist tax professionals on what to expect during the filing season and start the year on the right foot.

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Struggling With Taxes? Here’s Where To Get Help in 2024.

Nancy McClelland, LLC

The past four years have been challenging in so many ways, to so many people — but as a tax preparer, I can confidently say that the inability for the IRS to provide its usual level of customer service has been among the most impactful. It’s available for all military members, and some veterans, with no income limit.

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Ex-IRS Agent Accused of Filing Error-Filled Returns, Costing $42M in Lost Taxes

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TNS) A Kennewick tax preparer cost the United States $42 million in lost tax revenue between 2017 and 2020 after filing tax returns that were riddled with errors, fabrications and fraudulent entries, alleges the Department of Justice. By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.