Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Relief Earned Income The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) helps low- to moderate-income workers and families get a tax break. If you qualify, you can use the credit to reduce the taxes you owe – and maybe increase your refund. Earned income includes all the taxable income and wages you […]
Deferring Social Security Taxes
Employers can withhold, make payments of deferred Social Security taxes from 2020 The Internal Revenue Service today released Notice 2021-11 addressing how employers who elected to defer certain employees’ taxes can withhold and pay the deferred taxes throughout 2021 instead of just the first four months of the year. In response to a presidential memorandum […]
What you need to know about the second Economic Impact Payments
Economic Impact Payments on their way! 1/14/2021 – The Treasury Department and the IRS are issuing millions of second Economic Impact Payments by prepaid debit card to speed delivery of the payments to as many people as possible. If the Get My Payment tool on IRS.gov shows a date that a payment was mailed, you […]
Employers be alert: W-2 Scam
IRS explains Identity theft is a serious threat to business, partnership, estate and trust filers. Thieves may steal sensitive information to file a fraudulent tax return for a refund or to commit other crimes. All taxpayers must be alert and on guard at all times. It is important to take strong security measures to protect […]
The IRS has made significant progress in opening backlogged mail
Filed an Individual Tax Return (Form 1040), a Business Tax Return or an Amended Return The IRS has made significant progress in opening backlogged mail. While, as of November 24, 2020, they had 7.1 million unprocessed individual tax returns and 2.3 million unprocessed business returns, the IRS expects to issue all refunds for 2019 individual […]