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Docena Sucia 2024

El 4/11/24, el IRS concluyó la publicación de la Docena Sucia 2024. La Docena Sucia es una campaña anual de concientización del contribuyente que comenzó en 2002 y enumera doce estafas y esquemas que colocan a los...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Dirty Dozen 2024

On 4/11/24, the IRS concluded the release of the Dirty Dozen 2024. The Dirty Dozen is an annual taxpayer awareness campaign which began in 2002 listing twelve scams and schemes that place taxpayers, businesses, and the tax...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Redes Sociales Pueden Generar Problemas En Asesoramiento Fiscal

El 4/8/24, el IRS continuó actualizando la lista de la Docena Sucia para 2024, incluyendo cómo el asesoramiento fiscal en redes sociales puede causar problemas a los contribuyentes a medida que circulan información fiscal...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Social Media Tax Advice Can Lead To Trouble

On 4/8/24, the IRS continued updating the Dirty Dozen list for 2024 including how social media tax advice can lead taxpayers to trouble as inaccurate or misleading tax information is circulating. IRS is re-issuing a warning,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] FinTech University: FinTech and Qualified Matching Tax Services - April 9th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Join us for the next edition of FinTech University as we focus on FinTech and qualified matching tax services. This webinar will examine how FinTech is tied into tax preparation services and what FinTech users need to know...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC takes action against tax prep company for alleged unfair and deceptive practices

On February 23, the FTC announced an action against a tax preparation company for alleged unfair and deceptive acts and practices related to the sale of tax preparation products and services. The FTC alleged in its redacted...more

Cozen O'Connor

FTC Cracks Down on H&R Block’s Alleged ‘Free’ Filing Fiasco

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The FTC filed an administrative complaint against H&R Block, alleging the tax preparation company violated the FTC Act when it misleadingly advertised its online products as “free” and unfairly complicated the process for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FTC Requires Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches

Beginning May 11, 2024, non-banking financial institutions regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be required to submit notifications of data breaches or other security events that impact 500+ consumers. The FTC...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

¿Está Su Preparador De Impuestos De 2023 Haciendo Las Preguntas Correctas?

La temporada de impuestos está aquí y en el 1/2/24, el IRS le recordó a los contribuyentes que elijan cuidadosamente a su preparador de impuestos de 2023 al preparar sus impuestos de 2023. Los contribuyentes son, en última...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Is Your 2023 Tax Preparer Asking You The Right Questions?

Tax season is here and on 2/1/24, the IRS reminded Taxpayers to choose a 2023 Tax Preparer carefully when preparing their 2023 Taxes. Taxpayers are ultimately legally responsible for all the information on their income tax...more

Cozen O'Connor

District AG Trashes “Cash in a Flash” Promotion

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District of Columbia AG Brian L. Schwalb settled with JTH Tax, Inc., doing business as Liberty Tax Service, to resolve allegations that the tax preparation company violated the District’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

IRS Tax Filing is to Begin January 29, 2024

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The IRS has announced tax filing is to begin January 29, 2024 for US 2023 tax returns. Most of the almost 130 million individual tax returns will be due on Monday, April 15, 2024. The IRS will accept your tax return after...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup January 1 – January 5, 2024

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 1, 2024 – January 5, 2024. ...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine

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Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine - Binance Holdings Limited, the operator of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, agreed to pay $4.3 billion to resolve allegations that it violated the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Are There Strategies to Avoid an IRS Audit?

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Are there strategies to avoid an IRS audit? What are some of the known risks for triggering an IRS audit? What should you do if you have are concerned about the information provided a previous tax return? Is there a way to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup November 13 – November 17, 2023

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 13, 2023 – November 17, 2023. ...more

Gray Reed

When is an Accountant Forced to Testify Against Their Client?

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Recently, in a criminal case involving a physician who hired an accountant to prepare and submit certain tax forms to the IRS on her behalf, the court denied attorney-client and work-product privilege claims and ordered the...more

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New FTC Rule Expands Reach of Data Breach Notification Requirement to Non-Banking Financial Institutions

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In an amendment to the Safeguards Rule of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), which was officially announced on October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will mandate that a wide array of nonbank financial...more

Miller Canfield

You Can’t Rely on Your Tax Preparer to Avoid Failure to File Penalties

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In Lee v. United States, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a taxpayer could not avoid late filing and late payment penalties because of the failure of his CPA to electronically file his returns...more

DarrowEverett LLP

The Brass Tacks: IRS Creates Process for Withdrawing ERC Claims

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently granted employers a means to avoid interest and penalties on inappropriately taken Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERC”) claims. This surely will come as a relief to taxpayers who...more

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AGs Argue Jackson Hewitt Must be Held to Account for No-Poach Agreements

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A coalition of 19 Democratic AGs, led by New Jersey AG Matthew Platkin, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in support of former tax preparers for Jackson Hewitt, Inc., who allege...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Identity Theft Do’s And Don’ts To Protect Yourself

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The IRS concluded its special summer series with important reminders to tax professionals and taxpayers to protect themselves against Identity theft. The reminders for tax professionals and taxpayers to reduce identity...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #374 – FTC Warns Tax Preparation Companies About Use of Tax Information for Other Purposes

The information you provide to your tax preparer is as sensitive as it gets. The assumption is that the tax preparation company is only using your data to prepare your taxes. In an enforcement action against Beneficial Corp.,...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FTC Flags a New Form of Unsportsmanlike Conduct via Notice of Penalty Offense

The FTC recently sent five tax preparers a notice of its intention to pursue civil penalties (“Notice”) if they continue to use consumers’ data for purposes other than tax preparation (such as advertising) without first...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

IRS Warns of Shady Tax Preparers and Increased Audit Risk

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In a recently released bulletin, IR-2023-59, the IRS warns of shady tax preparers and increased audit risk as part of their “Dirty Dozen” series.  The IRS provided some common “warning signs” including tax preparers who base...more

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