Refund Timing for Earned Income Tax Credit and Additional Tax Credit Filers
The tax industry stakeholders are projecting refunds will begin hitting accounts mid-week, Feb 22nd. This is just an estimate and not a guarantee and it could take 7-10 days for the backlog of refunds to be caught up. Also note, the refunds may not be deposited in the...
IRS Announces Tax Refund Delays For 2017
Expecting to spend that tax refund early? IRS has announced Tax Refund – Delays for 2017 What You Need To Know Mike Steele, owner of Ultimate Tax says that this year is going to be different. The people that need the money the most are going to be waiting the longest....
Tax Preparer Education Requirements
Thought that maybe the required continuing education hours might change this year? Well they have not. The requirements for 2016 continuing education are still here. I would say that, the hour requirement, if left to the last two weeks of the year, can be a bit...
Afternoon Feb. 13th – IRS Funding
So far this year, as of 4pm Eastern, the IRS has released almost no refunds. Current estimates are that the IRS has released refunds for fewer than 1% of returns filed in the first week of the e-file, and virtually no refunds from the second week. Many of the refunds...
Health Care Basics For Preparing Your Clients Returns
We got this from the IRS site about what you need to file for the ACA (Affordable Care Act). We are just sending this out for your information.We also have included a quick link to the Health Care Exemption Tool. This step by step tool is to help determine the lowest...
Tax Season Starts Jan 20th, 2014
Tax Season Opens As Planned Following Extenders Legislation Following the passage of the extenders legislation, the Internal Revenue Service announced today it anticipates opening the 2015 filing season as scheduled in January. The IRS will begin accepting tax returns...
Urgent Electronic Filing Center Information
The Electronic Filing Center stops sending E-files at 6pm EST on Friday November 20th. This includes 2014, 2013, and 2012 efiles The IRS shuts down at 11:59am Saturday November 21st Acks not retrieved by 11:59am Saturday November 21st will be unavailable until IRS...
Professional Tax Software ? When the IRS Sends Letters
We don’t always talk about professional tax software. Today is about your clients. Would your client know what to do if he/she received a letter from the IRS? Either way, this is helpful information for you to share with them. Initial concern: Is this letter...