“Even the easy returns are not simple right now,” a CPA says. The clock is ticking on a new unemployment tax benefit → | By Shaun Hunley 3 min read | For those with less than $150,000 in adjusted gross income who collected unemployment benefits this past year, the COVID relief bill allows them to receive up to $10,200 of those benefits tax-free. | | IMA elects incoming chair → | By Michael Cohn 4 min read | The institute named Gwen van Berne as its sixth female chair-elect and the first to reside abroad. | | In the blogs: Nice explanations → | By Jeff Stimpson 3 min read | An unacknowledged credit; potential estate tax changes; an ongoing EIN mess; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. | | |