IRS Updates
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IRS Reminds Taxpayers of American Rescue Plan Benefits
By Melanie WaddellThey include a new deduction for charitable gifts and the rebate for those who missed 2021's third stimulus payments.
January 24, 2022
IRS Issues Warning on First Day of Tax Filing SeasonTake special care this year due to several critical tax law changes that took place in 2021, the commissioner said.
January 21, 2022
IRS to Hire 200 Attorneys to Combat Tax SchemesNew hires will help the IRS manage its increasing caseload in its multi-year effort to stamp out abusive schemes.
January 20, 2022
GOP Lawmakers to IRS: 16M Outstanding Tax Returns Is a 'Crisis'The agency can't blame a lack of funding for the backlog, the lawmakers wrote.
January 13, 2022
The 10 Worst IRS Problems Taxpayers FaceThe national taxpayer advocate sums up the biggest frustrations of 2021 and says she's "deeply concerned" about 2022.
January 13, 2022
New IRS Life Expectancy Tables Mean Lower RMDs in 2022"Some advisors may have forgotten that such a change was even possible," Natalie Choate writes at Morningstar.
January 11, 2022
IRS Warns of Bumpy Tax Filing Season AheadThe commissioner warned that "the pandemic continues to create challenges" for filing season, which starts Jan. 24.
January 07, 2022
IRS' Top 10 Criminal Cases of 2021"The investigative work of 2021 has all the makings of a made-for-TV movie," the agency's top cop says.