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Tax Make Moves Now to Lower Next Year's Tax Bill Year-end tax planning these next several weeks will be refreshingly straightforward for a change. The past few years have been fraught with so much uncertainty about income tax rates, estate taxes and expiring deductions that planning wasn't easy. A year ago, for instance, Congress waited so long to act on expiring tax breaks that the IRS couldn't update all its systems in time for the start of the tax season. Millions of taxpayers had to wait until February to get their returns processed. NEW CPE OPTION FROM SMARTPROS: This Week in Taxation Webinar Series SmartPros This Week in ... Webinar Series are three unique CPE subscriptions designed to keep you up-to-date in your area of specialty, whether it be accounting, taxation or business taxes. Each subscription features a weekly (see schedules for each subscription) one-hour Webcasts produced by one of our internationally-recognized experts Bruce Pounder or Barbara Weltman. Register for weeks individual, or purchase an annual subscription and take as many courses as you like!   Quick Links:  Return to Accounting Homepage Weekly Newsletter Online CPE Twitter: SmartProsEditor       Upsted 12/15

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This Week in the SmartPros News & Insights Newsletter Companies Worry About SEC's Advice to Disclose Cyberthreats ... Part II: 2011 Annual Report Preview ... CPE: Cyber Terror and Cyber Risk: What You Need To Know ... Book Pick: Auditing Cloud Computing: A Security and Privacy Guide Top Four End-of-Year Financial Planning Tasks Between turkey and holiday cookies, don't forget the most important type of planning you should do this year, financial planning. M&I, a part of BMO Financial Group, offers these four aspects of your finances everyone should review before 2012 arrives. Ask The Experts: How Do Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles Work? Tax credits for electric vehicles: That's the topic asked this week by an "Ask the Experts" reader. The answer is from Internal Revenue Service tax expert Jesse Weller. Top 12 Financial Planning Strategies for 2012 The Financial Planning Association (FPA) of San Francisco announced today the top 12 financial planning strategies for individuals to consider for 2012. Tornado Victims May Be Eligible for Special Benefits from IRS The Internal Revenue Service is reminding those affected by the April tornadoes in Alabama that they may be eligible for special tax benefits, including filing an immediate claim for a refund due to storm losses. IRS Seeks to Return $153 Million in Undelivered Checks to Taxpayers In an annual reminder to taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service announced today that it is looking to return $153.3 million in undelivered tax refund checks. Most of U.S. Unemployed No Longer Receive Benefits The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America's unemployed are no longer receiving unemployment benefits. Cyber Monday: Online Deals Have Tax Consequences This holiday season, online shoppers will find more states are looking to make sure gift givers also give their state its fair share - in terms of sales tax for online purchases, according to CCH. Business Jet Operators Sue IRS over Ticket Tax A group of private business jet operators is suing the Internal Revenue Service for $643 million, saying the government wrongly applied a ticket tax meant for commercial passengers only. Ask The Experts: Tax Rules Differ on Community Property and Separate Property For married couples, whether to file jointly can be a taxing question. This week, Jesse Weller of the Internal Revenue Service offers advice. 12 Year-end Tax Planning Tips for Businesses and Individuals Grant Thornton LLP wants to remind American taxpayers and businesses that now is the time to employ late-year tax planning strategies. Federal, State Tax Audit Activity Heats Up Federal and state governments are turning up the heat on corporate tax audit activities in their continued efforts to capture more tax revenue, according to a recent survey of corporate tax executives conducted by KPMG LLP. Number of Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Claims Lower than Anticipated The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) appropriately planned for and implemented one of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act that affected small businesses, according to a new report publicly released today by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

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