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IRS Gives 2010 Estates More Time to Pay Taxes
By Allison BellThe Internal Revenue Service is offering beneficiaries of people with large estates who died in 2010 more time to adjust to mid-year tax-law changes.
September 06, 2011
IRS Official: PPACA Ate Our 403(b) HomeworkEfforts to implement major new health care and financial services laws are getting in the way of an Internal Revenue Service initiative to update 403(b) retirement plan procedures.
September 06, 2011
IRS Goes Back To Drawing Board on Estate CostsThe Internal Revenue Service is scrapping proposed estate administration cost deduction rules it released in 2007.
September 05, 2011
IRS Official: PPACA Ate Our 403(b) HomeworkEfforts to implement major new health care and financial services laws are getting in the way of an Internal Revenue Service initiative to update 403(b) retirement plan procedures.
September 05, 2011
Is the Carried Interest Loophole Closing?The Taxs Courts decision in Dagres v. Commissioner brings 'carried interest' into question.
August 30, 2011
9 Tax Tips for Charitable Donations—SlideshowAmericans in significant numbers continue to support charities and to deduct the contributions on their tax returns. Unfortunately, the IRS sometimes disallows the deductions. The agency has tips for taxpayers to ensure they get the most out of their contributions.
August 29, 2011
IRS: Yes, 2009 Was Hard on AgentsThe Internal Revenue Service has published new, detailed sole proprietorship return data for 2009 that hint at how tough 2009 was for small and midsize insurance agencies and brokerage firms.
August 29, 2011
IRS Details Tax Returns Filed for Largest Estates in 2007About 37,000 estate tax returns were filed for people who died in 2007 with total gross estates of $2 million or more, the filing threshold for that year, according to the summer 2011 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin released Friday by the IRS.