Tax code changes put nonprofits in a bind
In 2016, a new record was surpassed in private giving to charities. Individuals, estates, foundations, and corporations were estimated to have contributed a record $390 billion to U.S. nonprofits, according to a report published in 2017 by Giving USA Foundation, an initiativ... Kim Moore
An Introduction to the Internal Revenue Manual
As a tax professional, what do you do when you encounter a client who has a problem or an issue which you have limited familiarity with or experience with? Do you prefer the client to another practitioner? Do you contact a colleague (or post a question in a forum) and hope that any advice that you receive will be sound? Or do you tell the client that you will do some additional research on the issue and get back to him? Your course of act... John G. (“Jack”) Wood, EA
The IRM: A Resource for the EA
It may not make the New York Times best seller list (and it certainly would not be light reading while waiting for a plane at the airport) but the Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) can be an extremely useful document for enrolled agents in their dealings with the Internal Revenue Service. The Freedom of Information Act at 5 USC 552(a)(2)(c) requires agencies to make staff instructions available to the public. Frank X. Degen, EA, USTCP