IRS Updates

New Page on IRS Web Site Highlights Business Provisions of the Economic Stimulus Payments


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The IRS publishes these headliners to alert practitioners of important IRS messages impacting you: the a tax professional.

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Headliner 243: Employer Responsibilities: Outsourcing Payroll
Headliner 242: Farmer and Fisherman Income Averaging
Headliner 241: e-News: a Time-saver for Tax Pros

IRS Updates

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November 12, 2008
For Individual and Business e-File, 2008 Is a Record Breaker

November 10, 2008
Remarks of Douglas Shulman, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, before Independent Sector, Nov. 10, 2008

November 3, 2008
IRS Seeks Applications for TE/GE Advisory Committee

October 29, 2008
New Members and a Chairman for ETAAC

October 29, 2008
2008 IRPAC Report Made Available at Public Meeting

IRS Local News

Massachusetts IRS Contact List for Practitioners
Find the most frequently used numbers and your local contact person.
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IRS Announcement 2006-93
Procedures for 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Organizations to Change Public Charity Classification

IRS e-News

e-News for Tax Professionals
The IRS e-News for Tax Professionals provides the latest national news for the tax professional community, as well as links to resources on IRS.gov and local news and events by state.



November 19, 2008
  1. IRS Commissioner Speaks at Independent Sector Conference
  2. Recent Disaster Relief
  3. Phone Forum for Practitioners
  4. Notice 2008-106
  5. Revenue Procedure 2008-67
  6. Revenue Procedure 2008-69
  7. TD 9432
November 10, 2008
  1. Recent Disaster Relief
  2. Phone Forum for Practitioners
  3. Get Your Small Business Tax Calendar
  4. Notice 2008-105 provides an update for weighted average interest rates, yield curves and segment rates. It will be published in IRB 2008-48 dated Dec. 1, 2008.
  5. TD 9431 contains final regulations concerning information reporting on employer-owned life insurance contracts under section 6039I of the Code.
e-News for Small Businesses

e-News for Small Businesses is a free electronic mail service designed to provide tax information for small business owners and self-employed individuals.


November 12, 2008
  1. Latest fact sheet helps small businesses avoid incorrect deductions for retirement plans
  2. IRS’s latest hot product, ’09 Small Biz Tax Calendar
  3. Find financing opportunities on Business.gov
  4. Nominate rules for review and reform
  5. Get the latest small business news on SBTV.com
October 29, 2008
  1. Charge to increase for copies of tax returns
  2. Address correction for ordering Federal Tax Deposit Coupons
  3. Business closing? Watch SBTV.com for information
  4. IRS/SSA Employment Tax Update Webinar
  5. SIR-2008-117, 2009 Inflation Adjustments Widen Tax Brackets and Expand Tax Benefits
  6. IR-2008-118, IRS Announces Pension Plan Limitations for 2009
  7. TD 9428, Final regulations relating to the treatment of open account debt between S corporations and their shareholders.