by Livingston Taxes | Aug 27, 2021 | Tax Tips and News
As more employers utilize the employee retention credit to keep their workers employed—and as the pandemic continues to be a factor in American business—the Internal Revenue Service continues to issue guidance on who qualifies for the credit and how best to apply it....
by Livingston Taxes | Aug 26, 2021 | Tax Tips and News
A new feature just added to the IRS’ Child Tax Credit Update Portal allows users receiving the advance credit payments to change their mailing addresses. The Internal Revenue Service says this should speed up the process for taxpayers who get their advance payments by...
by Livingston Taxes | Aug 23, 2021 | Tax Tips and News
Long-haul truckers and others who own heavy highway motor vehicles are running out of time to file their federal highway use tax return by August 31. The heavy vehicle use tax is levied on vehicles with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more that operate on...
by Livingston Taxes | Aug 19, 2021 | Tax Tips and News
A new safe harbor unveiled by the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department lets employers exclude some items from their gross receipts when figuring if they are eligible for the Employee Retention Credit, or ERC. This new safe harbor is detailed in Revenue...
by Livingston Taxes | Aug 19, 2021 | Tax Tips and News
The Security Summit is this week broadening the scope of its 2021 “Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself” campaign to include the different types of phishing scams that taxpayers may see in the coming months. This immediately follows the Summit highlighting recent...
by Livingston Taxes | Aug 19, 2021 | Tax Tips and News
New guidance from the Internal Revenue Service seeks to clear the air on the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for employers and gives relief to them as well. WOTC makes a federal income tax credit available to those employers who hire qualified workers from groups...