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New 2025 Tax Rates and Thresholds

With the 2024 tax filing season around the corner, practitioners should also keep in mind 2025 tax numbers and rates that will impact their clients for the coming year. The…

IRS Resources for Tax Pros: Advocacy, Outreach, and Client Support

As tax preparers, we often focus on the IRS as auditors checking up on our work and pointing out errors. However several offices within the IRS are dedicated to helping…

Conversations with Your Fall Tax School Instructors

Fall Tax School is right around the corner – in-person events begin Nov. 5 and online sessions begin Nov. 19. We are so pleased to have an outstanding line-up of instructors: Bob Rhea, Jerry Brune, Catherine Riddick, and Keith Baum.

Hurricanes Wash Up Scammers

Help your clients avoid disaster scams. The IRS provides tips to identify fake charities and protect personal information during hurricane relief efforts.

Tax Season Bites: Pairing Food with Financial Crunch

The lead-up to the extension deadline – that exhilarating time when spreadsheets multiply like rabbits, and coffee becomes your muse. Amidst the hustle, why not add some flavor to your…

October 15 Deadline for Extended Individual Filings

Individual taxpayers who filed for an extension for 2023 income tax returns have just one week left to timely file their returns. Practitioners assisting such taxpayers making it through this…