e-News for Tax Professionals Issue 2014-29

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Issue Number:  2014-29

Inside This Issue

1. National Taxpayer Advocate Identifies Priority Areas and Challenges in Mid-Year Report to Congress
2. Extended Maintenance Window for Modernized e-File this Sunday
3. YouTube: Premium Tax Credit-Changes in Circumstances
4. Phone Forum: 403(b) Plans Update and Latest Developments
5. Technical Guidance

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson released her mid-year report to Congress this week, identifying the priority issues the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) will address during the upcoming fiscal year. 

The report praises the IRS for implementing the Advocate’s longstanding recommendation to adopt a Taxpayer Bill of Rights, running a “generally successful” 2014 filing season, and taking other recent actions.

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The Modernized e-File (MeF) Sunday maintenance build window is being extended on Sunday, July 20. The system will be unavailable from 1:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The build will deploy critical system updates. This extended window impacts the MeF Production and Assurance Testing System (ATS) Environments.

Thank you in advance for refraining from accessing the MeF Production and ATS Systems during this period.

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If your clients receive advance payments of the premium tax credit, it’s important to report changes to family size, income and marital status as soon as they happen.  Learn more by watching this new YouTube video.

Watch this and other videos on the IRS YouTube Channel.

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Sign up now for this July 28 Phone Forum and join experienced IRS representatives from Employee Plans Technical and Guidance for an overview of the latest developments in the 403(b) world.  The overview will primarily focus on the 403(b) Pre-Approved Plan Program. This will include a discussion of program details as well as some of the issues the IRS is encountering as it begins to implement the program.

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Revenue Procedure 2014-43 provides guidance to individual payees on verifying social security numbers.

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