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Useful Links:Stakeholders Partners' Training and Upcoming EventsSeminars, Workshops, Conferences, and Other Practitioner Activities By State:Alabama Kentucky North Dakota | Issue Number: 2013-13Inside This Issue
1. Retirees Face April 1 Deadline to Take Required Retirement Plan Distributions The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers who turned 70½ during 2012 that in most cases, they must start receiving required minimum distributions (RMD) from individual retirement accounts (IRA) and workplace retirement plans by April 1. 2. IRS Expands Law Enforcement Assistance Program on Identity Theft to 50 States The Internal Revenue Service announced a nationwide expansion of a program designed to help law enforcement obtain tax return data vital to local efforts in investigating and prosecuting specific cases of identity theft. 3. Identity Theft Tops Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2013 The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud. 4. IRS 2012 Data Book Now Available The Internal Revenue Service released the 2012 IRS Data Book, a snapshot of agency activities for the fiscal year. 5. Work Opportunity Tax Credit Changes under ATRA The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 expands the Work Opportunity Tax Credit for hiring certain workers through Dec. 31. ATRA also extends the WOTC for qualified veterans hired before Jan. 1, 2014. 6. Technical Guidance Announcement 2013-17 serves as the annual public report concerning Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) and the APMA Program. This report describes the experience, structure and activities of the APMA Program during calendar year 2012. Announcement 2013-17 will be in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2013-16, dated April 15, 2013. Notice 2013-22 invites the public to submit recommendations for items that should be included on the 2013-2014 Guidance Priority List. Notice 2013-22 will be published in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2013-15 on April 8, 2013. Thank you for subscribing to e-News for Tax Professionals an IRS e-mail service. If you have a specific concern about your client's tax situation, call the IRS Practitioner Priority Service 1-866-860-4259. This message was distributed automatically from the mailing list e-News for Tax Professionals. Please Do Not Reply To This Message To subscribe to or unsubscribe from another list, please go to the e-News Subscriptions page on the IRS Web site. | ||
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