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Jul 10, 2019

In the blogs: A tenuous unity

By Jeff Stimpson

Churn of the rich; the rise of AI; collection time; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

House Democrats sue Treasury, IRS head for Trump tax returns

By Joe Light, Andrew Harris and Laura Davison

House Democrats asked a U.S. court to force the Treasury Department to turn over six years of President Donald Trump’s personal and business tax returns.

IRS announces summer downtimes

By Jeff Stimpson

The Modernized e-File system will be unavailable for two short periods in July and August.

New risks for tax audits

By Roger Russell

IRS audit rates have dropped, but that doesn’t mean clients shouldn’t be prepared.

IRS finalizes rules for truncating taxpayer SSNs on W-2s

By Michael Cohn

The Internal Revenue Service is allowing employers to truncate taxpayer identification numbers to protect employees from identity theft.

IRS clamps down on video projects

By Michael Cohn

The Internal Revenue Service has set up a process for carefully vetting videos after a series of embarrassing educational videos were uncovered several years ago featuring IRS officials and employees appearing in spoofs of TV series such as "Star Trek," "Gilligan’s Island" and "Mad Men," along with a dance music video.

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IRS’s unmet tech support needs lead to higher admin costs

By Michael Cohn

The Internal Revenue Service’s unmet needs for information technology support are producing inefficiency and higher tax administration costs, according to a new report.

In the blogs: Major takeaways

By Jeff Stimpson

Gas prices; GASB and 457s; heads in the cloud; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

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