Custody and the Advance Child Tax Credit

Millions of families have been receiving monthly advance payments of the Child Tax Credit. Provided by the American Rescue Plan that was passed earlier this year, these payments have been going to eligible households since July. As with any tax-related change,...

IRS Issues FBAR Reminder

Taxpayers with foreign bank or financial accounts are being reminded that time is running out to file the yearly report of their holdings. The annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) is due on Oct. 15. The deadline applies to any U.S. citizens,...

Is This Text Really From the IRS?

Impersonating the Internal Revenue Service is big business for identity thieves. These phishing scams often combine fear of the agency with urgency (and threats), and those who fall for them can soon find their information or money stolen. That’s why the IRS this week...

Security Summit Highlights ID Theft

The tax industry partners who make up the Security Summit are urging practitioners to take a page out of the medical books in order to keep their computer systems healthy: to cure an infection, you first have to know your patient is sick. In other words, tax pros have...