IRS Offers Guidance on Per Diem Rates and 100% Deduction for Meals | CPA Practice Advisor

For a taxpayer properly applying the rules of Revenue Procedure 2019-48, Notice 2021-63 provides a special rule that allows the taxpayer to treat the full meal portion of a per diem rate or allowance as being attributable to food or beverages from a …
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Persistent IRS logjams and errors muddle financial planning for millions of taxpayers on eve of new filing season, possible tax increases | Financial Planning

The agency has cleared out much of its mammoth backlog of unprocessed returns, but scores of individuals and small business owners remain in limbo.
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National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 3: IRS expands Identity Protection PIN Opt-In Program to taxpayers nationwide | Internal Revenue Service

IR-2020-267, December 2, 2020 — As part of the Security Summit effort, the Internal Revenue Service announced today that starting in January the Identity Protection PIN Opt-In Program will be expanded to all taxpayers who can properly verify their identities.
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IRS announces Form 1040-X electronic filing options coming this summer; major milestone reached for electronic returns | Internal Revenue Service

IR-2020-107, May 28, 2020 — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that later this summer taxpayers will for the first time be able to file their Form 1040-X, Amended U.S Individual Income Tax Return, electronically using available tax software products.
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IRS allows midyear changes to health coverage, dependent care elections – Journal of Accountancy

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the IRS is allowing employers to permit their employees to change their health coverage elections or dependent care elections during the year and is extending the carryover period for health flexible spending arrangement (FSA) expenses.
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