The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that approximately 4,000 plan sponsors received erroneous penalty notices. The erroneous notices were dated between July 28 and Aug. 26, 2013. The IRS mistakenly sent out the CP 283C, Notice of Balance Due for Incomplete/Late Penalties, for the Form 8955-SSA, Annual Registration Statement Identifying Separated Participants with Deferred Vested […]

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new initiative Monday to encourage individuals who owe significant back taxes to the state to pay their bills by suspending their New York State driver licenses when their past-due tax liability exceeds $10,000. The crackdown is the result of legislation introduced as part of the executive budget […]

The “Grandfather” of the tax industry to stand trial for a number of illegal acts. Apparently, birthing an industry requires one to pretend that the protective laws governing and regulating our large corporations does not apply to them. In this case, we certainly have a “pattern of racketeering activity” which only requires two acts within […]

Federal Direct would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend.  Our offices will be closed Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.  We will resume normal (off season) business hours of 9am to 5pm Eastern on Tuesday May 28th.

Happy 4/15!  Today is April 15th, and the last day to timely file tax returns for your clients.  There are a few things to keep in mind as we pass the filing deadline. Rejected returns have until 4/20/2013 to be fixed and get accepted, and will still be considered “Timely Filed”. The IRS and state […]