• Aug, Mon, 2011
  • 3 minutes Read
Five Tax Scams to Avoid this Summer

IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2011-08, July 22, 2011 Hiding income offshore, identity theft and return preparer fraud topped the IRS’s list of tax scams in 2011. The Internal Revenue Service…

Read more
  • Aug, Wed, 2011
  • 1 minute Read
Health Coverage for Older Children

Health coverage for an employee’s children under 27 years of age is now generally tax-free to the employee. This expanded health care tax benefit applies to various work place and…

Read more
  • Aug, Wed, 2011
  • 1 minute Read
Changes to Flexible Spending Arrangements

Effective Jan. 1, 2011, the cost of an over-the-counter medicine or drug cannot be reimbursed from Flexible Spending Arrangements or health reimbursement arrangements unless a prescription is obtained. The change…

Read more
  • Aug, Wed, 2011
  • 1 minute Read
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit

This new credit helps small businesses and small tax-exempt organizations afford the cost of covering their employees and is specifically targeted for those with low- and moderate-income workers. The credit…

Read more
  • Aug, Wed, 2011
  • 2 minutes Read
529 Plans Expanded

Tax-free college savings plans and prepaid tuition programs can be used to buy computer equipment and services for an eligible student during 2009 and 2010. These 529 plans — qualified…

Read more
  • Aug, Wed, 2011
  • 2 minutes Read
Brief History of IRS

Originarticleimg The roots of IRS go back to the Civil War when President Lincoln and Congress, in 1862, created the position of commissioner of Internal Revenue and enacted an income…

Read more