Tag: IRS
New rates for tax minimization planning
Early in the year is the best time to begin planning to minimize your income tax liability. The IRS and the Social Security Administration...
Improve EITC to help the poor
For U.S. workers, the tax system acts as an important equalizer. If you earn enough, you pay your share. But if you earn very...
Tax overhaul changes haven’t deterred charitable giving
For Lynn O’Marra, Blum, Shapiro & Co. PC tax principal, 2018 stands out in her nearly 25-year tenure in the industry as a memorably...
IRS softens blow after tax law cut perks for nonprofit employees
NEW YORK - The Internal Revenue Service moved to soften the hit from a controversial provision in last year’s tax overhaul that imposes a tax...
Brown-bag lunch for real estate agents will focus on reducing taxes
WARWICK – Certified public accountant Paul Dion will hold a brown-bag lunch at the Rhode Island Association of Realtors offices on Dec. 19, aimed...
R.I. dentist sentenced to 3 years probation for failing to report...
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Lawrence P. Stephenson of Lincoln was sentenced in U.S. District Court to three years probation and 280 hours per year of...
Doyle pleads guilty to bank fraud, tax crimes
PROVIDENCE – Little more than a month after being charged by the federal government with 31 counts of bank fraud and one count each...
Former R.I. Sen. James E. Doyle III charged with bank fraud...
PROVIDENCE – Former state senator and businessman James E. Doyle III of Pawtucket has been charged with 31 counts of bank fraud and one...
Treasury Department approves R.I.’s 25 census tracts for opportunity-zone program
In mid-April, R.I. Commerce Corp. identified 25 low-income census tracts across 15 cities and towns in Rhode Island as opportunity zones, including Bristol’s tract...
Dentist admits under-reporting $1.2M to IRS
PROVIDENCE — A North Providence dentist pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence Wednesday to tax evasion, admitting that he diverted and failed...


















