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10.16.2023

IRS uses IRA funds to bridge tax gap

The Internal Revenue Service is trying to leverage the extra billions in funding from last year’s Inflation Reduction Act to narrow the ever-increasing gap between taxes due and taxes collected, but has spent surprisingly little of the money so far.

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10.03.2023

alliant Welcomes Former IRS Commissioner of Small Business, Darren Guillot, as National Director

alliant, America’s premier consulting and management engineering firm, is thrilled to add another former IRS Division Commissioner, Darren Guillot, as a resource to its clients and CPA partners.

News & Events

09.19.2023

‘Tsunami’ of ERC claims required IRS action to halt fraud, experts say

This is the type of language used on websites and in TV ads to get small businesses to apply for the employee retention credit (ERC), a pandemic-era program that applied in 2020 and 2021.

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09.15.2023

IRS to Stop Processing Employee Retention Credits Until 2024

The Internal Revenue Service is cracking down on fraudulent Employee Retention Tax Credit claims and will not process any new claims from businesses through at least the end of the year.

News & Events

09.08.2023

alliant Vice Chairman and Former IRS Commissioner, Mark Everson Statement on Today’s IRS Announcement on ERC

At alliantgroup we have helped thousands of taxpayers claim this important benefit. That said, we have also screened out thousands of potential claimants who don’t qualify for the Employee Retention Credit.

News & Events

09.05.2023

Expansion of 179D Benefits under the Inflation Reduction Act

As the world grapples with the challenges of rising energy costs, energy efficiency and conservation have become critical for governments, businesses, and individuals.

News & Events

08.02.2023

Less than 1% of accounting firms can find enough staff

Relatively few CPA firms are able to find enough employees to fill their ranks and are resorting to strategies like hiring workers abroad, raising starting salaries, offering fully remote jobs, and hiring staff who haven’t graduated college, according to a new survey.

News & Events

04.07.2023

3 Ways the IRS’s $80-Billion Spending Plan Will Make It Easier for Small-Business Owners to Do Their Taxes

The 10-year spending plan aims to bring a long underfunded and overwhelmed agency into the 21st century.

IRS News & Events

04.06.2023

Here’s How the IRS Will Spend its $80 Billion Funding Boost

A large-scale refurbishment of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is underway following an allotment of $80 billion to the agency in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act passed last year.

News & Events

04.03.2023

Impact of New IRS Funds Won’t Immediately Be Felt in Audits

Expectations are high that the IRS will beef up tax enforcement with its new $80 billion in multiyear funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, but it will take some time for that to come to fruition.