2023 IRS Disaster Relief

2023 IRS Disaster Relief

Filing deadlines often change for taxpayers in regions that experience natural disasters. When these extreme weather events hit, the IRS frequently provides tax due date extensions. The relaxed due dates are intended to give more time to the individuals and business...
IRS Shifting Audit Focus Toward More High-Income Taxpayers

IRS Shifting Audit Focus Toward More High-Income Taxpayers

The Internal Revenue Service says it’s about to move its main audit spotlight from the everyday working-class individual taxpayer to those engaged in high-income activities. Now on the audit radar: high-income earners, partnerships and large corporations, and...
Contactless Tax Preparation – Here to Stay

Contactless Tax Preparation – Here to Stay

By Matt Jagst, Drake Software Head of Product     For many tax and accounting firms, methods of client interaction changed dramatically in the spring of 2020. Firms accustomed to having their clients visit the office to serve them face-to-face had to switch to a...
Form 8300 to Shift to Electronic Filing Platform

Form 8300 to Shift to Electronic Filing Platform

The push toward an all-electronic filing future continues at the IRS. The agency’s latest move has Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000, e-filed starting in 2024, in an effort to avoid backlogs that the old paper forms presented while speeding up processing...