IRS Announces Moratorium on the Employee Retention Credit and Provides Guidance for Civil Penalty Amnesty to Withdrawing Improper Claims, Also Known As - Don’t Deposit That Check and Hire Legal Counsel The expansion and strong marketing tactics of good-for-nothing “accounting advisors” who encouraged taxpayers to qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) when they did not technically qualify has caused…
Flooding victims anywhere in Vermont now have until Nov. 15, 2023, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including postponing various tax-filing and tax-payment deadlines for any taxpayer with…
Victims of flooding in Vermont now have until November 15, 2023 to file individual and business tax returns and to pay any taxes that were originally due between July 9, 2023 and November 15, 2023. The specific relief postpones the filing deadline for any returns with deadlines starting on July…
Most high profile and widely reported tax charges involve felonies, but not all of them. And sometimes prosecutors go for felony convictions but fall short. As has been widely reported, Hunter Biden only ended up with misdemeanor charges, to which he plead guilty. These days, few people talk about or…
Millions of taxpayers’ personal information was shared by popular online tax filing services to Meta, Google, and other Big Tech firms, according to the results of a recent congressional investigation. The probe was opened by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bernie Sanders…
When Aretha Franklin—the Queen of Soul—died in 2018, it was widely reported that the singer had no will. Don Wilson, a Los Angeles lawyer who worked for Franklin for nearly 30 years, told The Guardian, "I tried to convince her that she should do not just a will but a…
Professors Kathleen DeLaney Thomas and Erin Scharff discuss fake tax news and the effect it has on public policy. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I'm David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: unbelievable. The…
California is one of the most overtaxed states in the nation. But as this episode of What’s Ahead warns, residents are in for a new jolt: Electricity bills will not only be based on the amount of juice consumed but also on personal incomes. That’s right. In addition to the…
We’re a month or so into summer, and my inbox is already filling up with back-to-school offers. According to the National Retail Federation, 80% of shoppers expect higher prices this year—and more than 2/3 of shoppers typically plan shopping around sale events. When every dollar counts, taking advantage of state…
Las Vegas has 21,000 conferences a year. Yet, the 21,000-member-strong American Economic Association has never held its annual convention in Sin City. It hasn’t been invited. No surprise. Vegas wants to host special people — people who know how to have fun, who love the glitz, the lights, the noise,…
There are two international events that I’ll be following this July. Both take place in France. The Tour de France has been a midsummer treasure for more than 100 years. It’s a spectacle of human endurance — a bit like running a marathon a day, every day, for three consecutive…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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