The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have reversed course on requiring senior citizens to file a “simple tax return” in order to receive a stimulus payment as part of the coronavirus package passed by Congress last week.
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IRS will allow coronavirus stimulus payments for seniors who don’t file tax returns
By Michael Cohn      3 min read
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have reversed course on requiring senior citizens to file a “simple tax return” in order to receive a stimulus payment as part of the coronavirus package passed by Congress last week.
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FASB mulls pushing back accounting standards deadlines in response to coronavirus
By Michael Cohn      3 min read
The Financial Accounting Standards Board will be meeting next week to discuss the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on its stakeholders, including pushing back the effective dates of some of its upcoming accounting standards.
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Generational Viewpoints: Top tips for working from home
By Brianna Johnson, Jennifer Lee Wilson
NextGen veterans of remote work share their success strategies.
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IRS warns of coronavirus-related tax scams
By Michael Cohn      4 min read
The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning urging taxpayers to beware of scammers calling and emailing them about the stimulus payments they are expecting as a result of last week’s CARES Act.
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Intuit joins GoFundMe, Yelp to provide small-business relief
By Ranica Arrowsmith      3 min read
The Small Business Relief Initiative is designed to get money in the hands of small businesses specifically struggling to pay employees and business expenses during the pandemic.
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You might have a tax shelter and not know it. Coronavirus could make matters worse
By Shaun Hunley      4 min read
Ask the average business owner if they have a tax shelter and they’d probably have a chuckle while wistfully thinking about how nice it would be to swim in crystal clear waters while their offshore bank accounts grew, unencumbered by state and federal taxes.
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GASB releases guidance on LIBOR transition
By Michael Cohn      2 min read
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board published guidance to help state and local governments transition move to newer reference rates that are less prone to market manipulation.
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IRS extends deadlines for applying to Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
By Jeff Stimpson      1 min read
The TAP also just welcomed 33 new members.
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Tax Fraud Blotter: Civic misbehavior
By Jeff Stimpson      6 min read
Over the Topps; a thirst for fraud; the sky is limited; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
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KPMG reprimanded, again, and fined $560K for audit failings in U.K.
By Hugo Miller      2 min read
KPMG and one of its senior partners have been reprimanded and fined 455,000 pounds ($560,000) for failings in its audit of a U.K. company, the latest sanction against the Big Four auditor in recent years.
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