Entries by Jeff

Getting Ready For Tax Season 2022 – Did You Receive Your Third Round of Economic Impact Payments from IRS?

The IRS announced that as of February 26, 2022 all third-round Economic Impact Payments (EIP) have been issued and reminds people how to claim any remaining stimulus payment they’re entitled to on their 2021 income tax return as part of the 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit. The third round of EIP is authorized by the American Rescue Plan […]

How COVID-19 And Underfunding Impacts IRS Operations And Causes Refund Delays For Taxpayers.

As required by law, once a year the Taxpayer Advocate’s Office (an independent Federal government department that monitors the Internal Revenue Service) must send a report to Congress describing challenges the IRS is facing, problems experienced by taxpayers in dealing with the IRS and recommendations to resolve these problems. On January 12, 2022, National Taxpayer […]

Getting Ready For The 2022 Tax Filing Season

This year taxpayers get at least 3 extra days to file! On January 10, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it will process 2022 tax returns beginning January 24, 2022 (last year the opening date was February 12, 2021). The IRS states that the January 24th start date for individual tax return filers […]

IRS Criminal Investigation Division Releases Its Top Cases Of 2021

On January 3, 2022 the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) began listing he top 10 cases for calendar year 2021 on its Twitter account which are considered to me the agency’s most prominent and high-profile investigations of 2021. IRS-CI is the criminal investigative arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics […]

2021 Tax Filing Season – What High Income Taxpayers Should Know About Filing Late Tax Returns

Every year, about 9 million taxpayers miss tax deadline or fail to file their tax returns according to data from the Internal Revenue Service. How To Handle Late Tax Returns? The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration on May 29, 2020 issued a report finding that about 880,000 high-income nonfilers in tax years 2014 through 2016 had an estimated […]

California Putting Pressure On Delinquent Taxpayers To Pay

Don’t think that you can avoid California tax enforcement action just because we are in a pandemic.  California is unique in the structure of its tax system. Most States operate under a single tax agency. The Federal government uses a single tax agency called the IRS. But California has three tax agencies! They are the […]

IRS Expands Its Wave Of Tax Relief To Victims Of Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida tax relief extended to February 15, 2022 for part or all of six qualifying states. The IRS announced on December 22, 2021 that victims of Hurricane Ida in six states now have until February 15, 2022, extended from January 3, 2022, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. […]