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Tax Time Guide 2024: What to know before completing a tax return

WASHINGTON — During the busiest time of the tax filing season, the Internal Revenue Service kicked off its 2024 Tax Time Guide series to help remind taxpayers of key items they’ll need to file a 2023 tax return. As part of its four-part, weekly Tax Time Guide series, the IRS continues to provide new and […]

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IRS: Take care when choosing a tax return professional

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that carefully choosing a tax professional to prepare a tax return is vital to ensuring that their personal and financial information is safe and secure and treated with care. Most tax return preparers provide honest, high-quality service. But some may cause harm through fraud, identity theft […]

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Interest rates remain the same for the second quarter of 2024

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning April 1, 2024. For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 8% per year, compounded daily. Here’s a complete list of the new rates: 8% for overpayments (payments made in excess of the amount […]

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Jan. 31 filing deadline for employers to file wage statements

WASHINGTON – With tax season rapidly approaching, the IRS reminds employers that Jan. 31 is the deadline for submitting wage statements and forms for independent contractors with the government. Employers must file their copies of Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, and Form W-3, Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements, with the Social Security Administration […]

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Minimum Wage in Florida – Notice to Employees

Effective September 30, 2023, the Florida minimum wage is $12.00 per hour, with a minimum wage of at least $8.98 per hour for tipped employees, in addition to tips, through September 29, 2024. On November 3, 2020, Florida voters approved a state constitutional amendment to gradually increase the state’s minimum wage each year until reaching […]

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Taxpayers should continue to report all cryptocurrency

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that they must again answer a digital asset question and report all digital asset related income when they file their 2023 federal income tax return, as they did for their 2022 federal tax returns. The question appears at the top of Forms 1040, Individual Income Tax […]

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Treasury, IRS issue guidance on the Qualified Alternative Fuel Vehicle Credit

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury today issued Notice 2024-20PDF to provide guidance on eligible census tracts for the qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit and to announce the intent to propose regulations for the credit. The Inflation Reduction Act amended the credit for qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling […]