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In a landmark ruling announced by the Obama administration, married same-sex couples shall be treated as any other legally married couple–at least in the eyes the Internal Revenue Service for tax purposes. This announcement follows and is consistent with the recent Supreme Court ruling which struck down the constitutionality of The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which only recognized “marriage” between that of a man and a woman.
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When NY State adopted same-sex marriage in 2011, the estate tax was also removed for legally wed couples. But now, The NY State Supreme court has gone one step further and ruled to refund estate taxes collected from any gay couple going as far back as tax year 2008:
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“Where’s my refund”! Is a common cry from NY State residents these days, and according to the state for good reason. After using Bank Of America to process refunds for the last 18 years, BOA decided to get out of the tax business all together and did not renew their contract. So what was Albany to do? Outsource the job of course! These subcontractors and not-for-profit groups are backlogged with refund requests which is what is causing the delay for so many New...
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Tax season may be over, but the scamming season has just begun. The NY State Department of Taxation has issued a warning to be on the look out for phony tax collection letters that have recently made the rounds. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said:
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By Benjamin K. Brenner, President
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Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller stated recently, that taxpayers will soon start feeling the effects of the Sequester now that the tax season has ended. Deep cuts to IRS Staffing will impact taxpayers calling the IRS, as well as the agency’s ability to combat fraud and collect tax revenues.
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The IRS’ new “Modernized E-File Production (MeP) & Assurance Testing Systems” have been experiencing retrieval errors this past week. The IRS issued the following statement on their website:
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As the April 15th Deadline rapidly approaches, there are still hundreds of thousands of taxpayers expected to file the final week of the tax season. The late start to the tax season and the fact that we are getting reports from clients that they still have not received all their tax documentation in order to file is making this last minute crunch even more magnified. Here are some last minuted tax-tips (even if you’ve filed already)
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The IRS currently has $917 Million for clients in unclaimed refunds for taxpayers just like you, that have not filed a 2009 tax return. If these returns are not filed by the April, 15th deadline, your money then becomes the property of the U.S. treasury. The most common reason for not filing a tax return is that many workers believe they did not make enough money to have to file a return. This very well may be true however, if you worked, you most likely...