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Business Efiling Annual Shutdown on Friday

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Russ

The IRS will begin its annual business electronic filing shutdown on Friday, December 26th. This shutdown enables the IRS to add the new year (2014) tax products for business electronic filing. I’d expect business efiling to resume in mid to … Continue reading →

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IRS Clarifies Electronic Signature Requirements

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Russ

The IRS released a new version of Publication 1345 today (html version only is available for now). Included in it is the following: Note: An electronic signature via remote transaction does not include handwritten signatures on Forms 8878 or 8879 … Continue reading →

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California Mandates E-Filing of Business Returns

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Russ

The California legislature passed a law mandating e-filing of most business returns beginning with 2014 returns filed in 2015. This legislation was signed into law. Exemptions are available but must be requested from the Franchise Tax Board. Although not mentioned … Continue reading →

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New Identification Rules Go Over Like a Lead Balloon

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Russ

Joe Kristan had a post this morning noting the reaction of 250 Iowa tax professionals to the new rules on third-party verification rules. The reaction was “You must be kidding me.” The problem was that the IRS wasn’t kidding. Jason … Continue reading →

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When Two Intelligent Individuals Reach the Opposite Conclusion…

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Russ

…You know there’s a problem. Welcome to the brave new world of signature documents. Jason Dinesen has a post where he believes that I am wrong about the conclusions I’ve drawn on signature documents. Jason might be right or I … Continue reading →

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Yes, Mom, I Need to See Your ID

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Russ

UPDATE: The IRS released a new version of Publication 1345 on November 18th that clarified that a Form 8878 or 8879 signed in ink and hand delivered, faxed, mailed, emailed, or uploaded via a web portal is not an electronic … Continue reading →

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More Work for Tax Professionals: Submission IDs for Efiled Returns

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Russ

When a taxpayer efiles his or her tax return, he or she (or a married couple if it’s a joint return) sign Form 8879. There was a change to Form 8879 for 2013 that tax professionals need to be aware … Continue reading →

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We Will Soon be Able to Efile Past Due Individual Tax Returns

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Russ

One of the annoyances of tax preparation work is that past due tax returns must be paper-filed. Well, that will no longer be the case for 2012 tax returns. Tax professionals will be able to efile 2012 individual tax returns … Continue reading →

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