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The underpayment and overpayment interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2013. The rates will be: three (3) percent for overpayments [two (2) percent in the case of a corporation]; three (3) percent for underpayments; five (5) percent for large corporate underpayments; and one-half (0.5) percent for the portion […]
The IRS recently announced a delay of approximately one to two weeks to the start of the 2014 filing season to allow adequate time to program and test tax processing systems following the 16-day federal government closure. The IRS is exploring options to shorten the expected delay and will announce a final decision on the […]
On October 29, 2013, many Austin FATCA tax lawyers received the news that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued a notice for foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to comply with the information reporting and withholding tax provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA is rapidly becoming the […]
Individual taxpayers who filed Form 4868 to request a six-month extension to file their 2012 tax returns should be cognizant of the fast-approaching October 15, 2013 final deadline to timely file these extended tax returns. This is also the last day the IRS will accept an electronically filed tax return for the year 2012. The […]
On August 29, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled that same-sex couples, legally married in jurisdictions that recognize their marriages, will be treated as married for federal tax purposes. The ruling applies regardless of whether the couple lives in a jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex marriage or a […]