A page on the IRS website reminds taxpayers to take the steps now to make the tax filling process easier in 2022.
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IRS e-File to Be Unavailable During System Upgrades
The IRS announced that the Modernized e-File (MeF) will be unavailable for brief periods during July and August during scheduled system upgrades. The outages will occur as follows:
Working in the Gig Economy: What you need to know about potential tax consequences
If you use one of the many online platforms available to rent a spare bedroom, provide car rides, or to connect and provide a number of other goods or services, you’re involved in what is sometimes called the sharing or gig economy.
An emerging area of activity in the past few years, the sharing economy has changed how people commute, travel, rent vacation accommodations and perform many other activities.
Also referred to as the on-demand, gig or access economy, the sharing economy allows individuals and groups to utilize technology advancements to arrange transactions to generate revenue from assets they possess – (such as cars and homes) – or services they provide – (such as household chores or technology services). read more…
Electronic Delivery of K-1s to Partners and Members
Posted by: Howard Kass, CPA, CGMA, AEP®
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Important Changes to the Deductibility of Employer-Provided Meals
On Jan. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) significantly tightened the rules on the tax deductibility of employer-provided meals. If your business has historically relied on deductions for meals and food-related benefits, these changes require immediate...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Launch CAPE Tool for Tariff Refund Claims
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has launched the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) tool to help importers and customs brokers claim tariff refunds following a landmark Supreme Court ruling. If your business paid IEEPA tariffs in...
Trump Accounts: The Future of Tax-Efficient Retirement Savings
Trump Accounts are a new type of tax-advantaged retirement account for minors, established under the One Big Beautiful Bill signed into law on July 4, 2025. With contributions of up to $5,000 per year and a potential $1,000 government seed contribution for eligible...
DOL Proposes New Independent Contractor Rule
What Employers and Workers Should Know The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced a proposed rule intended to clarify when a worker is an employee and when the worker may be classified as an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards...
USPS Postmark Changes
A Tax Filing Risk Alert for Taxpayers For decades, many taxpayers have relied on a simple rule of thumb: if it is in the mail by the deadline, you are fine. However, recent U.S. Postal Service (USPS) clarification makes that assumption riskier. On Dec. 24, 2025, the...
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