The Social Security Administration transmitted the necessary information to the IRS so it can begin sending Economic Impact Payments to nearly 30 million beneficiaries after an ultimatum from Congress.
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Social Security sends beneficiary info to IRS for stimulus payments
By Michael Cohn      3 min read
The Social Security Administration transmitted the necessary information to the IRS so it can begin sending Economic Impact Payments to nearly 30 million beneficiaries after an ultimatum from Congress.
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Lawmakers complain of delays in stimulus payments for Social Security recipients
By Michael Cohn     4 min read
A group of House Democrats is sounding the alarm about delays in Economic Impact Payments going out to beneficiaries of safety net programs.
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IRS expands unemployment tax exclusion to more taxpayers
By Michael Cohn     3 min read
The Internal Revenue Service has changed the calculation for determining the $10,200 exclusion on unemployment benefits in the new pandemic relief package, allowing more taxpayers to qualify, but forcing tax software developers to update their programs.
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Accounting groups push for longer delay to tax deadline
By Michael Cohn     4 min read
The National Conference of CPA Practitioners is asking the IRS to postpone the tax deadline from May 17 until June 15 and to make it apply to quarterly estimated payments.
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Order and chaos: The trickiest parts of taxes this season
By Jeff Stimpson     3 min read
Tax practitioners share the new issues that they’re keeping an eye on.
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The Black CPA Centennial: Meet the first Black CPA
By Anita Dennis     4 min read
The son of a former slave, John W. Cromwell Jr. broke through a major barrier in the accounting profession in 1921.
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Tax Strategy: Inside the American Rescue Plan
By Mark A. Luscombe
Many of the temporary tax provisions are expected to be included in President Biden’s next piece of tax legislation later in 2021.
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Art of Accounting: Which tax returns should you review first?
By Edward Mendlowitz     3 min read
Which has more priority — reviewing a return that would take two hours to complete, or reviewing 12 returns that would take 10 minutes each?
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March Madness will produce winning wager surprises
By Roger Russell     3 min read
Changing rules on taxation of gambling winnings may produce some unexpected upsets.
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More accounting firms embrace office space reduction: AICPA survey
By Sean McCabe     2 min read
The 2021 Q1 AICPA Economic Outlook Survey found that while the vast majority of accounting businesses plan no reduction in their office space over the next year, a growing number said they would reduce their space by at least 10 percent as a result of the pandemic.
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