2019-2020 Per Diem Rates Released for Business Travel
The IRS has released the 2019-2020 special per diem rates. Taxpayers use the per diem rates to substantiate certain business expenses incurred while traveling away from home for the period October 1, ...

Social Security Wage Cap and Benefit Amounts Increase for 2020
For 2020, the Social Security wage cap will be $137,700, and social security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase by 1.6 percent. These changes reflect cost-of-living adjustme...

IRS Will Not Exempt Individuals with Open TAS Cases from Passport Certification
The IRS has changed how it handles passport certifications for people with significant tax debt. Following a review of relevant considerations regarding passport certification procedures, the IRS has ...

IRS Identifies Drought-Stricken Areas for Tax Relief After Involuntary Sale of Livestock
The IRS identified drought-stricken areas where tax relief is available to taxpayers that sold or exchanged livestock because of drought. The relief extends the deadlines for taxpayers to replace the ...

New Payment Option for Taxpayers in Private Debt Collection Program
The IRS has announced a new payment option to the private debt collection program. Taxpayers can now choose a pre-authorized direct debit option to make one payment or a series of payments toward thei...

IRS Announces Nonacquiescence in Service Contracts Case
The IRS has announced that it will not acquiesce to the holding of the Tax Court in GreenTeam Materials Recovery Facility PN, 113 TCM 1540, Dec. 60,945(M) that the transfer of a noncapital asset is tr...

MI - Legislation extending nexus to marketplace facilitators passed by house
The Michigan House of Representatives has passed legislation that would extend sales and use tax collection obligations to marketplace facilitators.Marketplace FacilitatorsThe legislation would requir...