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The Extended 2024 Gift Tax Return Deadline is Looming

RogerRossmeisl

If you made significant gifts to your children, grandchildren or other heirs last year, its important to determine whether youre required to file a 2024 gift tax return. Requirements to file The annual gift tax exclusion was $18,000 in 2024 (increased to $19,000 in 2025).

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Citing Rising Costs, Accounting Firms Plan to Increase Fees in 2025

Going Concern

Ignition has released its 2024 US Accounting and Tax Pricing Benchmark report and it reveals that the 325 Ignition customers surveyed are going all-in on fee increases in 2025. 57% of accounting firms plan to increase fees across all services in 2025. Or at least half-in. Clients are just going to loooove that.

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Survey: Over Half of Accounting Firms Plan to Increase Fees in 2025

CPA Practice

Accounting and Tax Pricing Benchmark report from Ignition, which surveyed 345 owners and decision-makers in accounting firms, adds that most firms are planning to increase fees across services by 5% or 10% in 2025. 90% plan to increase fees for individual tax returns. 87% plan to increase fees for business tax returns.

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IRS Suggests All Taxpayers Get IP PIN for More Security When Filing Taxes

CPA Practice

With the 2025 income tax filing season coming soon, the IRS is encouraging all taxpayers to take an important step to safeguard their identity by signing up for an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN). IP PIN users should share their number only with the IRS and their tax preparation provider.

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Tips for Filing Income Tax Returns in 2025

CPA Practice

To avoid mistakes and potential processing delays, taxpayers should refrain from filing until they have received all necessarytax documents. Taxpayers should always carefully review documents for inaccuracies or missing information.

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What’s new in Xero – March 2025 & Quarterly Wrap

Xero

Its been a massive start to 2025! We also heard your feedback, and so now you can automatically prepare partnership annual accounts and tax returns using Xero data and seamlessly file them with HMRC (read more in the previous edition of Whats New). In February , we shared enhancements weve made to invoicing.

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Traveling for Business Again? What can you Deduct?

RogerRossmeisl

Note that under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) , employees can’t deduct their unreimbursed travel expenses through 2025 on their own tax returns. That’s because unreimbursed employee business expenses are “miscellaneous itemized deductions” that aren’t deductible through 2025.