by Taxing Subjects | Mar 8, 2023 | Tax Tips and News
Taxpayers with foreign bank accounts who forgot to file an annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) received some good news at the end of February. In Bittner v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the penalty for nonwillful failure to file...
by Taxing Subjects | Feb 20, 2023 | Tax Tips and News
Filing an amended return used to mean completing a paper form, regardless of how taxpayers submitted the original return to the Internal Revenue Service. During the pandemic, paper-filed returns presented processing challenges that contributed to a historic backlog at...
by Taxing Subjects | Feb 17, 2023 | Tax Tips and News
In 2022, millions of Americans received special state-issued payments designed to provide economic relief to residents struggling with financial burdens exacerbated by issues ranging from the pandemic to natural disasters. One week after urging recipients to postpone...
by Taxing Subjects | Feb 14, 2023 | Tax Tips and News
As part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, lawmakers made changes to the Clean Vehicle Credit that were meant to encourage the purchase of U.S.-made electric and fuel cell vehicles. Unfortunately, the criteria for qualifying vehicles has proven confusing for some...
by Taxing Subjects | Jan 13, 2023 | Tax Tips and News
Californians have been battered by torrential rains and flooding from a recent series of storms. To help victims recover, the Internal Revenue Service recently announced tax relief for federally declared disaster areas in the state. Which California counties are...
by Taxing Subjects | Jan 12, 2023 | Tax Tips and News
The wait is over for tax professionals eager to learn when the 2023 filing season will begin. Today, the Internal Revenue Service revealed they will start accepting and processing individual returns on January 23, 2023. The federal tax agency reassures that the...
