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Source: politico.com - Dec 19, 2014

12/17/14 5:52 PM EST The IRS will freeze hiring and stop overtime as a result of the budget cuts just passed by Congress, according to an email obtained by POLITICO. IRS Commissioner John... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: forbes.com - Dec 19, 2014

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen warned that close to half the people trying to reach the IRS by phone might not get through during the upcoming 2015 tax filing season. “Phone... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: fox8live.com - Oct 16, 2014

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Louisiana Tax Amnesty 2014 will be held from Oct. 15 through Nov. 14, 2014. The 30-day tax amnesty program offers noncompliant taxpayers the opportunity to settle their... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

Source: accountingtoday.com - Oct 8, 2014

A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for threatening to assault and murder an Internal Revenue Service agent and his family. U.S. District Court Chief Judge... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: accountingtoday.com - Oct 8, 2014

Washington, D.C. (October 7, 2014) By Michael Cohn Internal Revenue Service commissioner John Koskinen has written a letter to the leaders of Congress’s main tax committees urging them to... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: nola.com - Sep 30, 2014

Personal income in Louisiana increased by 1.7 percent, or $1.9 billion, during the second quarter of 2014, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Louisiana's... Read more >

Category: Louisiana

Source: tax-news.com - Sep 30, 2014

The United States Internal Revenue Service may be missing opportunities to collect delinquent taxes because it is not always completely researching cases before closing them as uncollectible,... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: irs.gov - Sep 30, 2014

IR-2014-93, Sept. 30, 2014 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today urged taxpayers whose tax-filing extension runs out on Oct. 15 to double check their returns for often-overlooked tax... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: irs.gov - Sep 30, 2014

IR-2014-92, Sept. 24, 2014 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued a fraud alert for international financial institutions complying with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: usatoday.com - Sep 22, 2014

A significant benefit of the Affordable Care Act is the opportunity to receive money-saving tax credits up front to cut the overall cost of health insurance, but now hundreds of thousands of... Read more >

Category: IRS

Source: nola.com - Sep 10, 2014

New Orleans has the 14th best climate for Hispanic entrepreneurs, according to a study by the WalletHub personal finance website. Baton Rouge ranked 9th. The report used data from the Census, U.S.... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: nola.com - Sep 10, 2014

The group that says it started the first angel fund for investing in upstart businesses in Southeast Louisiana has announced it will launch a second campaign to continue backing early stage... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: forbes.com - Sep 10, 2014

How marvelous is tax-deferred investing! That is the selling pitch with tax-deferred annuities. Your assets expand under the protection of a tax shelter. You owe tax when you eventually pull the... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: variety.com - Sep 4, 2014

The sun may be setting soon on North Carolina as a site for movie and TV production. But its loss will likely be Georgia’s and Louisiana’s gain. On Aug. 20, North Carolina lawmakers decided to... Read more >

Category: General Business

Source: nola.com - Sep 4, 2014

A presentation on how best to organize governing boards for family-owned businesses takes place at Tulane University on Sept. 12. The Tulane Family Business Center is hosting a speaker, JoAnne... Read more >

Category: General Business