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The U.S. federal tax-filing season that begins Friday will be among the most consequential in recent history, as households face potential surprises — both negative and positive — sorting through pandemic-related measures at a time of high unemployment and depressed consumer confidence.

February 12
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The House Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation that would infuse households with hundreds of billions of dollars of cash through direct payments and tax credits, a key plank of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief package.

February 12
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The Internal Revenue Service is girding for the official start of tax season as taxpayers and preparers deal with tax breaks related to COVID-19 and questions about stimulus payments.

February 11
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Hopes among millions of upper-income and middle-class taxpayers for a repeal of the Trump administration’s limits on their federal deductions will likely be on hold for now, as an effort to include the measure in the COVID-19 aid package is poised to fail.

February 11
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The U.S. Small Business Administration is taking steps to remove some of the hangups in the Paycheck Protection Program after complaints from the American Institute of CPAs and others.

February 11
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Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio

A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers has introduced legislation to make the Work Opportunity Tax Credit a permanent part of the Tax Code.

February 10
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Public debates over immigration reform often suffer from scarce and erroneous information about the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants, particularly at the state level.

February 10
3 Min Read
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Lawmakers have introduced several measures that would expand the so-called child tax credit, which currently provides parents $2,000 per child annually.

February 9
4 Min Read
Exiting the pandemic

Insights on how firms can prepare themselves and their clients for the world after COVID-19.

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