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IRS Revenue Agent Charged With Filing False Tax Returns in Massachusetts

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By Dave Eisenstadter, masslive.com (TNS) A 17-year veteran of the IRS was arrested on Wednesday and charged with filing false personal tax returns for three years and underreporting about $90,000 worth of income, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy’s office. Attorney’s office said. Attorney’s office wrote.

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IRS Gives Tax Relief to Those Affected by Hurricane Lee in Massachusetts and Maine

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The IRS on Monday announced that all individuals and business owners in Maine and Massachusetts now have until Feb. 15, 2024, to file their tax returns and make tax payments because of Hurricane Lee’s impact. Quarterly estimated income tax payments normally due on Sept. So, this is more time to file, not to pay.

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Recent Cases Show You Shouldn't Mess with Sales Tax Obligations

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The company has paid nearly $69,000 in restitution for sales tax it collected and failed to pay to state coffers between June 2011 and December 2015. The case was referred to investigators after an auditor found that the business hadn’t filed quarterly sales tax returns or remitted sales tax collected for that period.

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Answers to Your Tax Season Questions

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The IRS announced it opened the 2024 income tax return filing season on January 29. That’s when the tax agency began accepting and processing 2023 tax year returns. Here are answers to seven tax season questions we receive at this time of year. (1) 2) When is my return due if I request an extension?

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IRS to Try Out Its Free E-Filing Tax Return Program in 13 States Next Year

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According to the IRS, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and New York have decided to work with the agency to integrate their state taxes into the Direct File pilot program for the 2024 filing season. A free, government-run, online tax-filing system for taxpayers has been talked about as a possibility for many years.

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Refunds and sales tax

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What extra charges were involved in the return? Have you already filed your sales tax return based on the original amount of sales tax charged? Almost all the states that impose a sales tax generally allow retailers to deduct or exclude sales tax refunds for returned goods from taxable sales.

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Noteworthy Changes for Massachusetts Income Taxpayers

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Most state income tax systems fall into two categories: progressive tax and flat tax. Massachusetts touts a “flat tax” system. It is equitable, doesn’t punish high-income earners, and everyone is left with the same percentage of after-tax earnings to spend, right? Good News or Bad News?