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Feds Cracking Down on Unlawful Tax Return Preparers

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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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Sales tax ‘responsible party’ laws still going strong

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But not for sales tax liability, where most states still maintain strong responsible party laws. And they can come as a real shock: CEOs, CFOs, directors and other execs can be held personally responsible for sales tax shortfalls. That’s true for many of the fiscal messes that can befall a company. How do they know who’s responsible?

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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. In addition, the state of Washington agreed to join the integration effort for its application of the Working Families Tax Credit.

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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. 10: Answering Your Frequently Asked Questions on Due Diligence Friday, Jan.

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Texas Tax Preparer Guilty of PPP Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

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A professional tax return preparer in Texas recently pleaded guilty to “engaging in a multi-year conspiracy to prepare and file false tax returns on behalf of clients and obtaining a fraudulent loan under the Paycheck Protection Program” (“PPP”). In all, the co-conspirators caused a tax loss exceeding $1.8

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Landscape of Employee Retention Credit Tax Issues

Withum

We are now seeing the IRS issue standardized information and document requests (IDRs) from a centralized office in Austin, Texas. The VDP allow taxpayers to keep 20% of the ERC claimed, tax free, as well as the interest received, but taxpayers must apply to the program by March 22, 2024, and agree to extend the statute of limitations.

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Betting on the Super Bowl? Don’t Forget About Taxes

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However, if you are among the 68 million people expected to place bets on the big game, you need to know that taxes are part of the equation. So, as we start tax season, here’s what you need to know about what your Super Bowl bet has to do with your tax return. Super Bowl 2024 is on Sunday, Feb. Usually, the payer (e.g.,

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