[{"articleAbstract":"National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins wrote in her blog post Thursday that Congress should allocate more money from the Inflation Reduction Act’s $80 billion budget infusion over 10 years for the IRS to taxpayer services and business systems modernization and less to enforcement and operations.","articleTitle":"Taxpayer services should get more of that $80 billion, advocate says","externalizedPath":null,"featureImage":{"imageTagAttributes":{"src":"/etc/designs/default/resources/0.gif","alt":"","title":"","class":"cq-image-placeholder"}},"page":{"path":"/news/2023/mar/taxpayer-services-get-more-80-billion-advocate-says"},"sortDate":"2023-03-17T10:48:57.000-04:00"},{"articleAbstract":"The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility issued a bulletin that reviews the Circular 230 professional responsibilities that apply to claims for the employee retention credit.","articleTitle":"ERC claims on returns prepared by others raise questions for tax pros","externalizedPath":null,"featureImage":{"imageTagAttributes":{"src":"/etc/designs/default/resources/0.gif","alt":"","title":"","class":"cq-image-placeholder"}},"page":{"path":"/news/2023/mar/erc-claims-returns-prepared-others-raise-questions-tax-pros"},"sortDate":"2023-03-13T11:01:08.000-04:00"},{"articleAbstract":"Tax practitioners have many questions about how to track and report the basis of digital assets, and no clear guidance exists. Here are tips from the AICPA Virtual Currency and Digital Assets Tax Task Force.","articleTitle":"Questions about software tracking and reporting for basis of digital assets","externalizedPath":null,"featureImage":{"imageTagAttributes":{"src":"/etc/designs/default/resources/0.gif","alt":"","title":"","class":"cq-image-placeholder"}},"page":{"path":"/news/2023/mar/questions-software-tracking-reporting-basis-digital-assets"},"sortDate":"2023-03-13T07:58:57.000-04:00"},{"articleAbstract":"The Senate voted 54–42 on Thursday to approve Werfel, a former acting IRS commissioner who has served under both Democratic and Republican administrations.","articleTitle":"Senate approves Danny Werfel as IRS commissioner","externalizedPath":null,"featureImage":{"imageTagAttributes":{"src":"/etc/designs/default/resources/0.gif","alt":"","title":"","class":"cq-image-placeholder"}},"page":{"path":"/news/2023/mar/senate-approves-danny-werfel-irs-commissioner"},"sortDate":"2023-03-09T14:24:55.000-05:00"},{"articleAbstract":"The IRS announced that it will soon be able to scan paper Forms 1040 and 941 instead of inputting them by hand. The acting commissioner describes the expansion as “another milestone” in the agency’s transformation.","articleTitle":"Digital scanning of tax documents to expand, will add Form 1040 soon","externalizedPath":null,"featureImage":{"imageTagAttributes":{"src":"/etc/designs/default/resources/0.gif","alt":"","title":"","class":"cq-image-placeholder"}},"page":{"path":"/news/2023/mar/digital-scanning-tax-documents-expand-add-form-1040-soon"},"sortDate":"2023-03-09T12:27:48.000-05:00"}]