Remove 2025 Remove tax preparation Remove tax return
article thumbnail

Citing Rising Costs, Accounting Firms Plan to Increase Fees in 2025

Going Concern

Ignition has released its 2024 US Accounting and Tax Pricing Benchmark report and it reveals that the 325 Ignition customers surveyed are going all-in on fee increases in 2025. 57% of accounting firms plan to increase fees across all services in 2025. Or at least half-in. Clients are just going to loooove that.

article thumbnail

Best Practices for Tax Professionals Filing Returns During the 2025 Filing Season (For 2024 Taxes)

CPA Practice

Note : The spring 2025 tax filing season is when taxpayers report their 2024 income and related matters to the IRS, so it’s important to keep up with the laws as they applied during the previous calendar year. Cybersecurity In this day and age, cybersecurity has become a valuable component of every tax practice.

Tax 132
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

IRS Suggests All Taxpayers Get IP PIN for More Security When Filing Taxes

CPA Practice

With the 2025 income tax filing season coming soon, the IRS is encouraging all taxpayers to take an important step to safeguard their identity by signing up for an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN). IP PIN users should share their number only with the IRS and their tax preparation provider.

article thumbnail

IRS Provides Tax Relief to All of Florida After Hurricane Milton

CPA Practice

Because of hurricanes Debby, Helene, and, most recently, Milton, all taxpayers in Florida now have until May 2025 to file individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the IRS announced on Friday. 10—individuals and businesses in 51 counties will receive disaster tax relief. Lucie counties.

Florida 137
article thumbnail

IRS Provides Relief to Taxpayers Impacted by Hurricane Helene

Withum

Does disaster relief apply to a taxpayer that is not in a disaster area, but the tax preparer is? Per the IRS website , disaster relief applies to the clients of tax preparers who are unable to file returns or make payments on behalf of the client because of a federally declared disaster.

article thumbnail

How the “Wild West” of Tax Preparation Led to Massive ERC Issues

ThomsonReuters

James Creech, a senior manager with Baker Tilly’s tax advocacy and controversy team, explained that the origin of the current issues with the ERC can be traced back to before the health emergency and the absence of tax preparer oversight. “Tax preparation is kind of the Wild West,” Creech began.

article thumbnail

IRS Extends Tax Deadlines Until May For Helene Victims

CPA Practice

The IRS on Tuesday announced disaster tax relief for all individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Helene, including the entire states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, as well as parts of Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia. In all of these states, the relief period ends on May 1, 2025 (postponement period).