For those who are Trekkies and love tax humor, a great comic from the Tax Guru here.
Some important IRS guidance:
- Revenue Ruling 2004-45: Health Savings Accounts–Interaction with other Health Arrangements (via Benefitslink.com) More on this later, I’m sure . . .
- Notice 2004-40: Weighted Average Interest Rates Update (also via Benefitslink.com)
And, the IRS has announced that the “Taxpayer Advocate Service Seeks Input on Systemic Tax Issues“:
“Individuals who have identified systemic issues that affect taxpayers on an ongoing basis will find it both easier and faster to use this new system,” said Nina E. Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate. “This will improve our ability to be responsive to taxpayers and speed the process of addressing their ongoing concerns.”Those wishing to bring issues to the attention of TAS can go to www.irs.gov/advocate and click on “What is Systemic Advocacy?” Private information, such as taxpayer names and identification numbers, will be screened out of any submissions. The system will also automatically generate a receipt notice for those taxpayers, tax practitioners, academicians and researchers who use it.
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