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Source: irs.gov - Mar 12, 2012

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced a major expansion of its “Fresh Start” initiative to help struggling taxpayers by taking steps to provide new penalty relief to the... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: irs.gov - Mar 12, 2012

WASHINGTON –– The Internal Revenue Service today warned senior citizens and other taxpayers to beware of an emerging scheme tempting them to file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds. The... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: nola.com - Mar 5, 2012

ublished: Monday, March 05, 2012, 11:07 AM Updated: Monday, March 05, 2012, 12:00 PM Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune By Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune Corporate tax credits cost Louisiana... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

Source: cbsnews.com - Mar 5, 2012

By Jill Schlesinger Even the most organized people hate tax season, but this year Uncle Sam has a special present: two extra days to prepare. Taxpayers will have until Tuesday, April 17 to... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: candofinance.com - Mar 5, 2012

By Michael DiazΙ Published February 13, 2012 With tax season quickly approaching, many taxpayers are scrambling to figure out which tax deductions and tax credits they might be eligible to claim... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: nola.com - Feb 29, 2012

Published: Sunday, February 26, 2012, 1:00 PM The Times-Picayune By The Times-Picayune Former America Online Chairman Steve Case and Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson will headline next month's... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: dailyfinance.com - Feb 29, 2012

By Dan Caplinger Posted 5:00PM 02/21/12 There's a popular tax break out there that paid more than 26 million workers a total of nearly $59 billion last year. Yet as many as 1 in 4 of those who... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: money.cnn.com - Feb 29, 2012

By Amy Feldman@MoneyFebruary 28, 2012: 5:42 AM ET (MONEY Magazine) -- With the Bush tax cuts slated to expire at the end of this election year, consider this filing season the calm before the tax... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: nola.com - Feb 23, 2012

Published: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:40 AM Updated: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:40 AM By Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune WASHINGTON -- Louisiana lawmakers are generally praising... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: irs.gov - Feb 23, 2012

IR-2012-23, Feb. 16, 2012 WASHINGTON –– The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” ranking of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: accountingweb.com - Feb 23, 2012

By Ken Berry Update: President Obama signed into law the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 on Wednesday, February 22. Ending several weeks of uncertainty, Congress passed the... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: wdsu.com - Feb 15, 2012

NEW ORLEANS -- The push is on to begin enforcing a long-standing rule, and collecting money from businesses that make up the fabric of the city of New Orleans. It's a move some say could do more... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: nola.com - Feb 15, 2012

By Jaquetta White, The Times-Picayune The Louisiana tax credit program that state officials have touted as the key component in luring high-profile software firms Gameloft and Electronic Arts to... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: irs.gov - Feb 15, 2012

IR-2012-16, Feb. 8, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today the availability of IRS2Go 2.0, an expanded version of its smartphone application designed to provide taxpayers... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: tax-news.com - Feb 15, 2012

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington 13 February 2012 The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the guidance and forms that employers can use to claim the newly-expanded... Read more >

Category: IRS