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American Homeowners – Potential Tax Savings

Energy improvements to your home may make you eligible to enjoy tax credits for a portion of qualifying expenses. To be eligible, it takes your investment in renewable energy for...

Virginia Employers … RetirePath Deadline: February 15, 2024

In 2020, a report by Virginia’s Legislative Information System to the General Assembly alerted lawmakers to a major employee financial shortcoming … about 45% of private-sector workers in Virginia lack...

The ERC Comes Full Circle With IRS Moratorium

Over a year ago, we reported on the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) included in the CARES Act providing $80 billion dollars to encourage employers to retain employees at the height...

Virginia Taxpayers … Better Late Than Never

Six months overdue, the Virginia budget was finally approved by lawmakers on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Included in the budget is about $1.05 Billion in tax reductions for eligible Virginians...

National Taxpayer Advocate Mid-Year Report To Congress

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins released her statutorily mandated 2024 Objectives Report to Congress. She wrote in her introduction to the report, "In submitting this report, I'm finally able to...

Employee Retention Credit

At the height of the C-19 pandemic, the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was introduced to help both business owners and workers maintain payrolls and income respectively. For those businesses that...

Secure 2.0 Act … New Rules For Your 401(K) Or IRA

The Secure 2.0 Act was signed into law in late December 2022. The legislation builds on the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 to further...

IRS Cautions Post Tax-Season Scams Continue

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel sums up the threat: "Scammers are coming up with new ways all the time to try to steal information from taxpayers. People should be wary and...

Backlash By Stakeholders To New 1099-K Reporting

IRS Form 1099-K is an information form typically provided to freelancers or small business owners who receive payments of income from a client via a third-party payment system. Third-party settlement...

Aggressive Employee Retention Credit Promoters

In this article, we offer a summary of the ERC requirements and benefits. Additionally, we’ll share some cautionary thoughts for those of you who are contemplating or have already enlisted...

IRS Promises A Smoother 2023 Tax Season

If you weren’t frustrated and inconvenienced by inefficiency in responses by the IRS, certainly you know one or more taxpayers who have … or heard of the considerable backlog in...

IRS BOOSTS MILEAGE RATE BY NEARLY 5%

Effective January 1, 2023, taxpayer-drivers who fit the above profile enjoy a 3 cents bump in the mileage rate … up from the 62.5 cents midyear increase in 2022. The...
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