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April 15, 2015 

Hey Millennials: What Are You Doing With Your Tax Refund?

Millennials are about to get millions of dollars from the IRS. What they plan on doing with it may tell us whether they will be the frugal types they are sometimes credited with, or will follow in the free-spending footsteps of the generation before them.

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April 9, 2015 

IRS Splits Pub. 590 on IRAs: Here’s the Skinny on 590-A

Generally, your deduction for an IRA contribution is phased out if you are an active participant in an employer-sponsored retirement plan (or your spouse is an active participant, if married) and your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) exceeds an ...

 IRS Chief to Ted Cruz: Agency Won’t Simply Go Away

April 6, 2015 

IRS Chief to Ted Cruz: Agency Won’t Simply Go Away

During the announcement of his candidacy for president last month, Cruz kicked off another controversy by advocating the elimination of the IRS. He said that the U.S. could impose a “simple flat tax that lets every American fill out his or her taxes ...

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April 1, 2015 

10 Things Tax Procrastinators Need to Know

Here are 10 important things the American Institute of CPAs recommends that taxpayers know about getting their federal tax return to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by the Wednesday, April 15 filing deadline and about filing for an extension.

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March 31, 2015 

AICPA Recommends Reforms to Business Income Taxes

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has sent a letter to the Senate Finance Committee Tax Reform Working Group on Business Income Tax that makes suggestions about how to simplify business income tax.