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IRS Warns Taxpayers to Watch Out for Common Tax Scams (IR-2025-26)
The IRS released its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025, cautioning taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals about schemes that threaten their financial and tax information. The IRS iden...
IRS Expands Individual Online Account to Simplify Tax Filing (IR-2025-28)
The IRS has expanded its Individual Online Account tool to include information return documents, simplifying tax filing for taxpayers. The first additions are Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, and F...
IRS Informs Taxpayers of ABLE Accounts for Disability-Related Savings
The IRS informed taxpayers that Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts allow individuals with disabilities and their families to save for qualified expenses without affecting eligibility...
IRS Encourages Taxpayers to Use Refund Tool (IR-2025-25)
The IRS urged taxpayers to use the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on IRS.gov to track their 2024 tax return status. Following are key details about the tool and the refund process:E-filers can chec...
IRS Releases Excludable or Deductible Foreign Housing Expenses for 2025 (Notice 2025-16)
The IRS has provided the foreign housing expense exclusion/deduction amounts for tax year 2025. Generally, a qualified individual whose entire tax year is within the applicable period is limited to ma...
MI - Reminder issued on tax filing date
The Michigan Department of Treasury has reminded taxpayers that the individual state income tax returns must be filed electronically or postmarked by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Returns for th...
IRS Warns Taxpayers to Watch Out for Common Tax Scams (IR-2025-26)
The IRS released its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2025, cautioning taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals about schemes that threaten their financial and tax information. The IRS iden...
IRS Expands Individual Online Account to Simplify Tax Filing (IR-2025-28)
The IRS has expanded its Individual Online Account tool to include information return documents, simplifying tax filing for taxpayers. The first additions are Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, and F...
IRS Informs Taxpayers of ABLE Accounts for Disability-Related Savings
The IRS informed taxpayers that Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts allow individuals with disabilities and their families to save for qualified expenses without affecting eligibility...
IRS Encourages Taxpayers to Use Refund Tool (IR-2025-25)
The IRS urged taxpayers to use the “Where’s My Refund?” tool on IRS.gov to track their 2024 tax return status. Following are key details about the tool and the refund process:E-filers can chec...
IRS Releases Excludable or Deductible Foreign Housing Expenses for 2025 (Notice 2025-16)
The IRS has provided the foreign housing expense exclusion/deduction amounts for tax year 2025. Generally, a qualified individual whose entire tax year is within the applicable period is limited to ma...
MI - Reminder issued on tax filing date
The Michigan Department of Treasury has reminded taxpayers that the individual state income tax returns must be filed electronically or postmarked by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Returns for th...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has removed the requirement that U.S. companies and U.S. persons must report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act.


Melanie Krause, the IRS’s Chief Operating Officer, has been named acting IRS Commissioner following the retirement of Doug O’Donnell. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged O’Donnell’s 38 years of service, commending his leadership and dedication to taxpayers.


A grant disbursement to a corporation to be used for rent payments following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center was not excluded from the corporation's gross income. Grants were made to affected businesses with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The corporation's grant agreement required the corporation to employ a certain number of people in New York City, with a portion of those people employed in lower Manhattan for a period of time. Pursuant to this agreement, the corporation requested a disbursement as reimbursement for rent expenses.


The parent corporation of two tiers of controlled foreign corporations (CFCs) with a domestic partnership interposed between the two tiers was not entitled to deemed paid foreign tax credits under Code Sec. 902 or Code Sec. 960 for taxes paid or accrued by the lower-tier CFCs owned by the domestic partnership. Code Sec. 902 did not apply because there was no dividend distribution. Code Sec. 960 did not apply because the Code Sec. 951(a) inclusions with respect to the lower-tier CFCs were not taken into account by the domestic corporation.


An appeals court affirmed that payments made by an individual taxpayer to his ex-wife did not meet the statutory criteria for deductible alimony. The taxpayer claimed said payments were deductible alimony on his federal tax returns.


Proposals to reform retirement savings plans were highlighted during an April 2012 hearing by the House Ways and Means Committee.  Lawmakers were advised by many experts to move slowly on making changes to current retirement programs that might discourage employers from sponsoring plans for their workers.  Nevertheless, it is clear that Congress wants to make some bold moves in the retirement savings area of the tax law and that likely it will do so under the broader umbrella of general “tax reform.” While tax reform is gaining momentum, it is unlikely to produce any change in the tax laws until 2013 or 2014. Considering that retirement planning necessarily looks long-term into the future, however, now is not too soon to pay some attention to the proposals being discussed.

The family partnership is a common device for reducing the overall tax burden of family members. Family members who contribute property or services to a partnership in exchange for partnership interests are subject to the same general tax rules that apply to unrelated partners. If the related persons deal with each other at arm's length, their partnership is recognized for tax purposes and the terms of the partnership agreement governing their shares of partnership income and loss are respected.

On February 22, President Obama signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.  The new law extends the employee-side payroll tax holiday, giving wage earners and self-employed individuals 12 months of reduced payroll taxes in 2012.

The new year brings a new tax filing season. Mid-April may seem like a long time away in January but it is important to start preparing now for filing your 2011 federal income tax return.  The IRS expects to receive and process more than 140 million returns during the 2012 filing season.  Early planning can help avoid any delays in the filing and processing of your return.

2011 year end tax planning for individuals lacks some of the drama of recent years but can be no less rewarding.  Last year, individual taxpayers were facing looming tax increases as the calendar changed from 2010 to 2011; particularly, increased tax rates on wages, interest and other ordinary income, and higher rates on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends.

Adoptive parents may be eligible for federal tax incentives. The Tax Code includes an adoption tax credit to help defray the costs of an adoption.  Recent changes to the adoption tax credit make it very valuable.

Whether for a day, a week or longer, many of the costs associated with business trips may be tax-deductible. The tax code includes a myriad of rules designed to prevent abuses of tax-deductible business travel. One concern is that taxpayers will disguise personal trips as business trips. However, there are times when taxpayers can include some personal activities along with business travel and not run afoul of the IRS.

Americans donate hundreds of millions of dollars every year to charity. It is important that every donation be used as the donors intended and that the charity is legitimate. The IRS oversees the activities of charitable organizations. This is a huge job because of the number and diversity of tax-exempt organizations and one that the IRS takes very seriously.

Many more retirees and others wanting guarantee income are looking into annuities, especially given the recent experience of the economic downturn. While the basic concept of an annuity is fairly simple, complex rules usually apply to the taxation of amounts received under certain annuity and life insurance contracts.

A limited liability company (LLC) is a business entity created under state law. Every state and the District of Columbia have LLC statutes that govern the formation and operation of LLCs.

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