Practitioners Rave About IRS Collection Tech UpgradesOctober 18, 2024

Practitioners Rave About IRS Collection Tech Upgrades

By Tim Shaw, Checkpoint Technological improvements made by the IRS allowing taxpayers and professionals to more easily interact with the agency and quickly access information or make payments are making life easier for everyone, tax practitioners are saying. Within the last year, the IRS has implemented efforts funded by the Inflation Reduction Act to modernize …

Employer Rate Notices Now PaperlessAugust 5, 2024

Employer Rate Notices Now Paperless

Employer rate notices are now posted electronically to Employer Access (formerly TWES). The 2024-25 notice is the last that will be mailed to employers. All employers subject to Unemployment Insurance (UI) are required by law to register on Employer Access to communicate with the Division of UI. In addition to electronic communication and rate notices, …

New Jersey Creates New Credit for AI BusinessesJuly 30, 2024

New Jersey Creates New Credit for AI Businesses

By David Engel, CPA On July 25, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that will provide tax credits to eligible artificial intelligence (AI) businesses. The credit program is referred to as the Next New Jersey Program. ( L. 2024, S3432 (c. 49) , effective 07/25/2024.) Amount of credit.  The amount of the tax credit allowed …

New Jersey Corporate Business Tax Surtax ImposedJuly 2, 2024

New Jersey Corporate Business Tax Surtax Imposed

by David Engel CPA On June 28, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed a law that imposes a 2.5% surtax, referred to as the Corporate Transit Fee, on certain corporation business taxpayers (CBT) that have a New Jersey allocated taxable net income in excess of $10 million for tax years beginning on and after January 1, …