Tracking refunds; an extra deadline; the Advocate’s report; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. | In the blogs: Less than 100 days | | By Jeff Stimpson 4 min read | | Tracking refunds; an extra deadline; the Advocate’s report; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. | |
| High-tech taxman who loves hockey is Putin’s new premier | | By Jake Rudnitsky and Evgenia Pismennaya 3 min read | | Vladimir Putin is putting his trust in an obscure technocrat with little political experience to be prime minister and revive Russia’s flagging economy, as he prepares the country for the most significant constitutional overhaul in a generation. | |
| Trump tax fight with House put on hold for McGahn ruling | | By Andrew Harris and Laura Davison 3 min read | | House Democrats’ lawsuit seeking President Donald Trump’s federal tax returns was put on hold as a judge said he’s waiting for a higher court’s ruling in a separate case on whether Congress can make ex-White House counsel Don McGahn testify. | |
| IRS improves online Withholding Estimator to reflect new W-4 | | By Michael Cohn 3 min read | | The Internal Revenue Service unveiled an enhanced Tax Withholding Estimator on its website Tuesday, designed to help workers fill out the new W-4 withholding form and hopefully avoid the problems seen last year when many taxpayers found themselves owing more taxes or receiving less of a tax refund than they expected. | |
| Meet the new W-4 | | By Daniel Hood | | The brand-new withholding form for 2020 will present taxpayers with challenges, and tax pros with opportunities, says ADP's Pete Isberg. | |
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