In the blogs: Many hats

Teaching fraud; easement settlement offers; new blog on the block; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Many hats

• Taxbuzz (https://www.taxbuzz.com/blog): There's sure an "I" in this "teamwork:" What to know about potential IRS and ICE collaboration.
• Tax Vox (https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox): How IRS data would likely be unhelpful validating SNAP eligibility.
• Yeo & Yeo (https://www.yeoandyeo.com/resources): How financial benchmarking (including involving taxes) can help business clients see trends, pinpoint areas for improvement and forecast future performance.
• Integritas3 (https://www.integritas3.com/blog): One way to take a bite out of crime, according to this instructor blogger: Teach grad students how to detect, investigate and prevent financial fraud.
• HBK (https://hbkcpa.com/insights/): Verifying income, fairly distributing property, digging the soon-to-be-ex's assets out of the back of the dark, dark closet: How forensic accounting has emerged as a crucial element in divorces.

Standing out

• Taxpayer Advocate Service (https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/taxnews-information/blogs-nta/): Among provisions of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, one stands out for its potential to help taxpayers: Section 110 of the draft act would unlock the funding restrictions for the LITC Program.
• U of I Tax School (https://taxschool.illinois.edu/blog/): What to remind them about the benefits of an extension, including better tax planning.
• Wolters Kluwer (https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/tax-accounting-us/industry-news): A look at the recent IRS settlement offer for those in syndicated conservation easement transactions.
• Virginia – U.S. Tax Talk (https://us-tax.org/about-this-us-tax-blog/): Tax day looms for FBARs, too. Automatic extensions to Oct. 15 don't require even asking — but it is key to answer the foreign account question on Schedule B, Part III of the 1040 accurately.
• TaxConnex (https://www.taxconnex.com/blog-): Who really owns the responsibility for sales tax compliance? Part one of two.
• Turbotax (https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com): What to remind them about taxes and gambling winnings.
• Sikich (https://www.sikich.com/insights/): Another dive into recent IRS FAQs on the Employee Retention Credit.
• TaxProCenter (https://accountants.intuit.com/taxprocenter/): What to remind them about ABLE accounts.
• The Tax Times (https://www.thetaxtimes.com): Consistent with a star of the latest IRS Dirty Dozen scams, a pair of Tax Court decisions has found that captive insurance did not qualify as insurance.
• Avalara (https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america.html): Joining a growing number of states, Utah will soon dump its transaction threshold for sales tax nexus.
• Current Federal Tax Developments (https://www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com/): The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Kristopher Dreyer v. United States of America offers an analysis relevant to advising clients on trust fund recovery penalties.
• Beyond the Numbers (https://hauserjonesandsas.com/blog/) A compensation structure that continues to gain popularity is the restricted stock award — a powerful incentive that also comes with risks and tax implications.
• Withum (https://www.withum.com/resources/): Are preparers' fees too high — and will those preparers be out of business soon for one of two reasons?

Genuine intelligence

• AICPA & CIMA Insights (https://www.aicpa-cima.com/blog): How artificial intelligence and other tech is "Reshaping Finance," according to this podcast. Didem Un Ates, CEO of a U.K.-based company offering AI advisory services, tackles the topic.
• Taxjar (https:/www.taxjar.com/resources/blog): How AI and automation can help even the knottiest sales tax obligations and problems.
• Dean Dorton (https://deandorton.com/insights/): Favorite opening of the week: "The madness doesn't just happen on college basketball courts — it also happens when your finance team is stuck using a legacy on-premises accounting system."
• Canopy (https://www.getcanopy.com/blog): Top client portals for accounting firms in 2025.
• Mauled Again (https://mauledagain.blogspot.com/): Despite what Facebook claims, dependents have to be human.

New to us

• Berkowitz Pollack Brant (https://www.bpbcpa.com/articles-press-releases/): This Florida firm offers a variety of services to many industries and has a good, wide-ranging blog. Recent topics include the BE-10, nexus and state and local tax obligations, IRS cuts and what to know about the possible bonus depreciation phase out. Welcome!