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The Facts: A group of individuals from Puerto Rico have incorporated their band under a single name. The band then performs in the U.S. for your organization. The Question: Should 30% Non-Resident Alien withholding and Form 1042-S reporting apply? The Answer: ...

 

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Regrettably the reporting situation presented by an untimely death is all too common. Are you prepared when this happens? If not, you need to be as there are vital differences between handling payments made involving this vendor and/or the possible entities that represent the deceased after their passing.

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How to handle a vendor that provides 1099 reportable services, but to whom you have also issued an advance on an equipment purchase can be a tricky issue that needs to be handled with care...

 

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To ensure third party reporters are doing their part in making sure that their payees are accurately reporting taxes owed to the Federal Government the IRS has created a number of programs, including the focus of this article: the “B-Notice Program”.

 

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If you have encountered such a situation do not worry. This is actually a relatively common occurrence. That said, you will need to address this problem, but your response will be dependent upon if you file on paper or electronically. 

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The “TIN” or "Taxpayer Identification Number" is the identifying number assigned to a "person" under Internal Revenue Code, Section 6109. TIN's take a variety of forms and thus how the IRS differentiates its treatment of different types of TIN's matters significantly in terms of your compliance efforts... 

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On January 6, 2012 the IRS released a brand new set of tax gap estimates for TY2006. This is the first update since the one for TY2001. All told, the gross tax gap has increased from $345 billion dollars to $450 billion and the IRS has singled out underreporting of income amongst businesses and corporations as among the primary reason for this gap. So, what does this mean for you?  

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According to the IRS audits were up significantly last year among corporations with assets of $250 million or more. All told, last fiscal year the IRS audited nearly 30% of such corporations. What does this mean for you, and what should you watch out for? Quite simply...

 

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Nexus is a legal term of art that describes the connection you have with a specific state, such that you are subject to those state tax requirements. Determining nexus is far from simple and is highly fact and circumstance dependent. As such the analytical framework that you develop will be a key component of your state level compliance and reporting efforts. What follows are twenty key elements/questions that you should consider in determining whether or not you have nexus with a particular state.

 

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In an effort to close the tax gap, difference between the amount of tax owed by taxpayers and the amount of tax voluntarily paid to the IRS, Congress had sought to deal with poor tax compliance by some government contractors that have been identified as a contributing factor to the tax gap. However…

 

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