Reminder: You may have to report information about foreign financial assets and accounts. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is an important development in U.S. efforts to combat tax evasion by U.S. persons holding accounts and other financial assets offshore. The Treasury Department and the IRS continue to develop guidance concerning FATCA. For current… Read More

WASHINGTON — El Servicio de Impuestos Internos les recuerda a los contribuyentes que generalmente están obligados a declarar todos los ingresos obtenidos en su declaración de impuestos, incluidos los ingresos obtenidos de transacciones de activos digitales, la economía compartida y la industria de servicios, así como los ingresos de fuentes extranjeras. Los requisitos de presentación… Read More

In the continuing effort to improve tax compliance and ensure fairness, the Internal Revenue Service announced a new effort on Feb. 29, focused on high-income taxpayers who have failed to file federal income tax returns in more than 125,000 instances since 2017. The new initiative, made possible by Inflation Reduction Act funding, begins with IRS compliance letters… Read More

Using Inflation Reduction Act funding and as part of ongoing efforts to improve tax compliance in high-income categories, the Internal Revenue Service announced today plans to begin dozens of audits on business aircraft involving personal use. The audits will be focused on aircraft usage by large corporations, large partnerships and high-income taxpayers and whether for… Read More

During the busiest time of the tax filing season, the Internal Revenue Service kicked off its 2024 Tax Time Guide series to help remind taxpayers of key items they’ll need to file a 2023 tax return. As part of its four-part, weekly Tax Time Guide series, the IRS continues to provide new and updated resources to help… Read More

Today the IRS issued a news alert regarding the employee retention credit (ERC). As the March 22, 2024, deadline nears for the ERC Voluntary Disclosure Program, individuals who mistakenly filed a claim and received payment should take note. This program enables businesses to repay only 80% of the claim amount. Taxpayers who filed a claim that… Read More

Existing Companies Have One Year to File; New Companies Must File Within 90 Days of Creation or Registration WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) began accepting beneficial ownership information reports. The bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act, enacted in 2021 to curb illicit finance, requires many companies doing business in… Read More

Last month, the IRS started sending thousands of letters to taxpayers notifying them of disallowed ERC claims. These disallowed claims involved entities that did not exist or did not actually have employees on the payroll during the period of eligibility – meaning the businesses failed to meet basic criteria for the ERC program. In addition, the IRS… Read More

The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that they must again answer a digital asset question and report all digital asset related income when they file their 2023 federal income tax return, as they did for their 2022 federal tax returns. The question appears at the top of Forms 1040, Individual Income Tax Return; 1040-SR, U.S. Tax… Read More

The Internal Revenue Service today reminded people born before 1951 of the year-end deadlines to take required minimum distributions (RMDs) from funds held in individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) and other retirement plans, and noted new requirements under the law beginning in 2023. Required minimum distributions, or RMDs, are amounts that many retirement plan and IRA… Read More