The IRS has announced the per diem rates for ordinary and necessary business travel expenses in fiscal year 2023-24: When using the high-low substantiation method, the rate for travel to high-cost localities is $309 per day and the rate for all other continental...
Donating cash and property to your favorite charity is beneficial to the charity, but also to you in the form of a tax deduction if you itemize. However, to be deductible, your donation must meet certain IRS criteria. First, the charity you’re donating to must...
Recently, the IRS halted processing of claims for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), due to a high volume of fraudulent claims. The moratorium is through at least the end of 2023. ERC claims that were already filed are now subject to longer processing, including...
In Notice 2023-62, the IRS addressed a technical error in the SECURE 2.0 Act that wouldn’t have allowed catch-up contributions to 401(k)s and similar plans after 2023. Generally, taxpayers who’re age 50 or older are allowed to make additional “catch-up” contributions...
What does it mean if a business receives a Notice CP2100 or CP2100A from the IRS? These notices tell recipients that the Form 1099 information returns they’ve submitted contain missing or incorrect Taxpayer Identification Numbers, names or both. To respond,...
The IRS is warning taxpayers about emails and text messages that promise refunds and credits, but that actually result in identity theft. Many current schemes involve the third Economic Impact Payment (originally made in 2021). Messages may also reference the Employee...
Calendar-year trusts and estates: File a 2023 income tax return (Form 1041) if an automatic five-and-a-half-month extension was filed. Pay any tax, interest and penalties [...]
Calendar-year bankruptcy estates: File a 2023 income tax return (Form 1041) if an automatic six-month extension was filed. Pay any tax, interest and penalties due.
Individuals: Make contributions for 2023 to certain existing retirement plans or establish and contribute to a SEP for 2023 if an automatic six-month extension was filed.
Employers: Report Social Security and Medicare taxes and income tax withholding for third quarter 2024 (Form 941) and pay any tax due if all of the [...]
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