The Internal Revenue Service is pushing back the tax-filing deadline until May 17 after heavy pressure from Congress and tax and accounting groups.
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IRS delays tax deadline until May 17
By Michael Cohn      9 min read
The Internal Revenue Service is pushing back the tax-filing deadline until May 17 after heavy pressure from Congress and tax and accounting groups.
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House votes to extend PPP deadline until May 31
By Michael Cohn      5 min read
The House voted to provide an extra two months for the Paycheck Protection Program, giving businesses until May 31 to apply for forgivable loans during the pandemic.
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Sovos acquires regtech company in Brazil
By Ranica Arrowsmith      1 min read
The buy expands Sovos' capabilities in SPED, Brazil's tax compliance system of record.
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IRS won’t subtract tax debts from stimulus payments
By Michael Cohn      2 min read
The Internal Revenue Service has decided to use its discretion to avoid reducing the size of Economic Impact Payments with tax debts owed to the federal government.
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KPMG U.S. publishes inaugural DE&I report
By Sean McCabe      2 min read
The Big Four firm's "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: 2020 KPMG U.S. Transparency Report" reviews its current diversity, equity and inclusion statistics and maps out its ambitious "Accelerate 2025" initiative.
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Could you pass the CPA Exam if you took it in another language?
By Beth A. Berk      3 min read
How many U.S.-born CPAs could move to another country and communicate well enough to advance in a CPA-related job where that country’s main language is not English?
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Big Brother at work, and other tech stories you may have missed
By Gene Marks
From businesses monitoring remote workers to the impending end of Skype for Business, here are 10 developments in technology from the past month.
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U.S. Treasury has sent out $242B in stimulus checks so far
By Laura Davison      1 min read
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have distributed more than half of the $410 billion in stimulus payments to individuals that Congress approved earlier this month.
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Biden vows to raise taxes on anyone earning over $400K
By Nancy Cook and Jennifer Jacobs      2 min read
President Joe Biden said anyone earning more than $400,000 a year would see a tax increase under his forthcoming economic program, highlighting the administration’s plans to address inequality in part through levies on the wealthy.
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Tax fraud on green land spurs crackdown: ‘The IRS hates these’
By David Voreacos and Kaustuv Basu      6 min read
Syndicated conservation easement deals cheat the IRS out of an estimated $250 million by overvaluing deductions.
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