Taxes February 18, 2025
Should You Use Your Tax Refund to Pay Off Debt?
A refund has the potential to make a serious dent. The average refund amount in 2024 was $3,138, according to the IRS. But is paying down debt the best way to spend that money?
February 23, 2013
2013 Mileage Rate for Business Travel Deduction – IRS
The standard mileage rates for business travel expenses for 2013. Also, medical mileage rates, moving driving rates, and charitable driving rates for deduction purposes.
February 22, 2013
Bank tellers sentenced for cashing fraud-based IRS tax refund checks
Three people involved in a fraudulent tax-refund scheme were sentenced Thursday in federal court in Orlando for conspiring to defraud the government.
February 22, 2013
Texas lawyers invested millions in unqualified tax shelters
Three Texas personal injury lawyers will have to pay up after a tax court decided yesterday that they invested hard-earned fees in tax shelters that couldn’t pass the Internal Revenue Service’s smell test.
February 22, 2013
Intuit reports early tax season results: TurboTax unit growth accelerating since Jan. 30
Company Reiterates Full-year Revenue Guidance
February 22, 2013
IRS Reminds Taxpayers to Report 2010 Roth Conversions on 2012 Returns
The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers who converted amounts to a Roth IRA or designated Roth account in 2010 that in most cases they must report half of the resulting taxable income on their 2012 returns.
February 22, 2013
Report: Half of Texas construction workers undocumented
Half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, according to a new report by an Austin immigrant rights group and University of Texas researchers that surveyed nearly 1,200 workers throughout the state.
February 22, 2013
Wal-Mart says tax delay, payroll tax hike & gas prices to flatten sales
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. beat expectations for its most recent fiscal quarter, but the world's largest retailer is now warning that higher payroll taxes, income tax refund delays and lofty gas prices will cause stagnant sales during the current quarter.
February 22, 2013
Drug felon learns a new felony trade: A $12 million tax refund ID theft scam
A convicted Miami-Dade drug trafficker unemployed for the past decade discovered how to make a quick buck, cashing $12 million in fraudulent tax-refund checks over five months last year, authorities say.
February 22, 2013
Resource for finding out more about proposed Ohio tax changes
A new online resource center has been launched to help Ohio businesses and individuals stay apprised of the significant tax changes and financial implications proposed by Ohio Governor John Kasich's biennial budget bill (House Bill 59).
February 22, 2013
Small Businesses and the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare
The National Association of Enrolled Agents has issued the following statement on how the Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare, will affect small businesses:
February 21, 2013
Florida is #1 in nation … In identity theft tax fraud
Florida ranks first in stolen identity tax refund fraud, a problem so pervasive it's now known as SIRF.
February 21, 2013
Wage growth expected to remain stagnant
The rate of annual wage growth for private sector workers is expected to show little, if any, change in the coming months.