Taxes

Welcome to the Tax Policy Center’s annual Lump of Coal Awards for the worst tax ideas of 2022. Since it was an election year in the US and elsewhere and a year of eventful tax legislation, we were left with many misbegotten ideas to choose from. Here are 10 of the worst. 10. Rapping your
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In the third of a three-episode series, former senior Treasury official Chip Harter discusses his experience creating the international tax guidance for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the evolution of those provisions. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in
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Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It’s getting too easy to cut taxes on your investments. Politicians who like to “close loopholes” are going to notice. There’s still time. You’ve got two weeks left to take capital losses, using them to cut your 2022 tax bill. This is a use-it-or-lose-it proposition. It’s
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Taxpayers claim that IRS penalties are not warranted for many reasons. One of the biggest and most misunderstood is the defense that a tax position was based on reasonable cause and that you acted in good faith. Those seem like friendly, easy-to-understand words, but they are actually terms of art. Even if a taxpayer thinks
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The speed and accuracy of quantum computing makes it ideal for collecting and analyzing data, modeling the impact of proposed tax legislation, and predicting and detecting tax evasion. Computers using quantum technology can instantly solve computational problems that could take an ordinary PC decades. These same qualities, however, threaten data security. Quantum Computing Quantum computing
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In the second installment of a three-episode series, Jennifer Acuña, now with KPMG and former tax counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee, discusses how guidance for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is still evolving. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David
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OnlyFans content creators have recently been contacted in connection with a criminal tax investigation, according to multiple sources within the tax community. “Over the last several days, pairs of IRS Special Agents across the country descended on the homes and offices of OnlyFans personalities and their tax return preparers, delivering grand jury subpoenas,” John Colvin,
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Topline Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin, who founded and helms trading powerhouse Citadel, has sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for alleged negligence in maintaining safeguards for confidential tax returns after a bombshell report last year cited a trove of IRS data in a series of articles detailing the incomes and taxes paid
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IRS Forms 1099 generally come in the mail around the end of January and report how much you were paid in the prior calendar year. Don’t ignore them, as each one will be matched against your tax return when you file. Forms 1099 can be wrong, so check them carefully. IRS Forms 1099 remind you
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The penalty for fairly innocent goofs can run into the millions of dollars. Is there any limit to how unpleasant the IRS can be with people who pay all their taxes but don’t fill out the forms correctly? Monica Toth, 82, is a naturalized American whose family escaped the Nazis. The Boston area resident prepared
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