CPA Practice

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s back to regular IRS deadlines this year, but with a new tool for many low- and moderate-income households: a service that will prepare and file their tax returns online for free. If you’re entitled to a refund, tax experts say, you should file your return as soon as possible. Here’s what you need to know about Direct File.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 12, 2024

The 12 states participating in the Direct File pilot program this filing season are: Arizona California Florida Massachusetts Nevada New Hampshire New York South Dakota Tennessee Texas Washington Wyoming Users can log in to Direct File to start their return and complete it any time before the April filing deadline.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 17, 2023

According to the IRS, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and New York have decided to work with the agency to integrate their state taxes into the Direct File pilot program for the 2024 filing season. A free, government-run, online tax-filing system for taxpayers has been talked about as a possibility for many years.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 11, 2024

Thanks to funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and as part of an ambitious modernization effort, this new public tool makes tax filing faster, easier and cheaper for eligible filers. One reporter said that “the government has created an actually good piece of software.” Happy Tax Day! That’s something to cheer about.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 19, 2024

I get my tax documents in early. And I pay on time — my accountant and the government. So, when I logged into my email account one mid-February morning in 2022 to read that my accountant of almost 10 years was unceremoniously dumping me, just days before I’d planned to submit my tax documents, I was stunned.

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