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Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on April 25, 2012 - 5:14pm

IRS & CTEC

ONLINE TAX CALENDAR - ENGLISH & SPANISH

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on March 27, 2012 - 4:19pm

The online version of Pub 1518 Tax Calendar for Small Businesses and Self-Employed which is available in English and Spanish.
Please note that this differs from the Desktop Calendar tool and the downloadable versions for Outlook and iCal. 
 All these products can be obtained from IRS.gov at: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=176080,00.html

DELAY FOR SOME ENROLLED AGENTS AWAITING RENEWAL CARDS

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on March 22, 2012 - 9:31am

Enrolled Agents.


Last year's seven month moratorium on enrolled agent application processing while we completed the process of reducing the fee from $125 to $30 is unfortunately still affecting our ability to timely process the renewal applications for SSNs ending in 7, 8, 9, and null. While we have timely processed 3,500 renewals, we still have approximately 7,100 to complete.

CHANGES IN TAC PROCEDURES

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on January 25, 2012 - 11:47am
  • Effective immediately, the Internal Revenue Service will no longer accept tax returns from Tax Return Preparers in the Field Assistance Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs).
  • Returns are all tax returns, individual and business.   
  • Tax returns include, but are not limited to:
  • Form 1040 Series including Form 1040X,
  • Form 4868,
  • Form 2290, 
  • Form 94X series, and
  • Form 1041.
  • Tax Return Preparers include individuals or businesses who pre

IRS Stakehold Liaison

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on January 23, 2012 - 11:41am

As the IRS Stakeholder Liaison area manager for California, I want to thank you for your past support and ask for your continued partnership with your local stakeholder liaisons and me. SL is proud to be in our seventh year as the practitioners’ gateway to the IRS. We have had a busy year, holding practitioner events, conducting national webinars, and establishing web-based tax centers.

Don't be Scammed by Cyber Criminals

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on January 12, 2012 - 11:29am

RTRP TESTING UPDATE

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on January 11, 2012 - 12:22pm

....The latest information about the Registered Tax Return Preparer test we launched in late November.

Hundreds of people have taken the test and a substantial number of others are scheduled in the upcoming weeks and months.

Based on this progress, we anticipate we will be able to provide test scores to those who have already tested and implement same day results by approximately March.

TAX NEWS FLASH

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on November 2, 2011 - 11:49am

IRS Issues Guidance on Tax Treatment of Cell Phones; Provides Small Business Recordkeeping Relief

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on September 14, 2011 - 3:30pm

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued guidance designed to clarify the tax treatment of employer-provided cell phones.
The guidance relates to a provision in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, enacted last fall, that removed cell phones from the definition of listed property, a category under tax law that normally requires additional recordkeeping by taxpayers.

IRS Offers Filing & Penalty Relief

Submitted by cstcSocietyAdmin on September 13, 2011 - 4:47pm

IRS Offers Filing and Penalty Relief for 2010 Estates; Basis Form Now Due Jan. 17; Extension to March Available for Estate Tax Returns
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that large estates of people who died in 2010 will have until early next year to file various required returns and pay any estate taxes due. In addition, the IRS is providing penalty relief to certain beneficiaries of these estates on their 2010 federal income tax returns.

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