The Internal Revenue Service is now accepting email and digital signatures on tax documents to make it easier for tax professionals and taxpayers to communicate with the agency during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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IRS accepting email and digital signatures on tax documents due to coronavirus
By Michael Cohn      2 min read
The Internal Revenue Service is now accepting email and digital signatures on tax documents to make it easier for tax professionals and taxpayers to communicate with the agency during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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IRS will allow coronavirus stimulus payments for seniors who don’t file tax returns
By Michael Cohn      3 min read
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have reversed course on requiring senior citizens to file a “simple tax return” in order to receive a stimulus payment as part of the coronavirus package passed by Congress last week.
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Juggling IRS payment deadlines
By Roger Russell      3 min read
Managing filing dates, payment dates, and scheduled tax payments is even more complicated this year, thanks to the coronavirus.
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IRS postpones deadline for gift and GST taxes due to coronavirus
By Michael Cohn      1 min read
The Internal Revenue Service is postponing the date for filing gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax returns and making payments until July 15 because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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IRS employees ordered to work from home to avoid coronavirus
By Michael Cohn      3 min read
The Internal Revenue Service has asked all of its employees to work from home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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10 ways to immunize your firm during a crisis like the coronavirus
By Ira Rosenbloom
Here are 10 suggestions to help firms think through near-term needs and create a plan to help shore up business continuity and mitigate some risks during this sensitive time.
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Continuous Testing for U.S. CPA Exam candidates to begin July 1
By Sean McCabe      1 min read
The new testing model, which will replace the existing Testing Window model, will allow candidates to take the exam year-round, with no restriction, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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There’s a battle brewing for taxpayers’ $1,200 government relief check for coronavirus
By Jenny Surane and Robert Schmidt      4 min read
The world’s largest payment companies are fighting for their own piece of the U.S. coronavirus stimulus: an assignment to help distribute some of the relief money that will be sent to millions of Americans in the coming weeks.
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Trump, Pelosi put 2017 tax law on table in next coronavirus aid round
By Laura Davison      4 min read
Some of the most contested pieces of the 2017 tax overhaul are being revisited as the White House and Congress begin to discuss another round of economic stimulus, including restoring the break for entertaining business clients and lifting the cap on state and local deductions.
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Trump says he wants to restore tax deductions for business meals
By Josh Wingrove and Mario Parker      1 min read
President Donald Trump said he wants to restore corporate tax deductions for business meals as restaurants reel from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
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