Tax Tips (Mass)

  Date: Monday October 24, 2011 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m Location: Bentley University,175 Forest Street, Koumantzelis Auditorium, Lindsay Hall, Waltham, MA 02452 Contact: Roseann Cotoni; Phone: (781) 891-3198  E-mail: rcotoni@bentley.edu  To register:  http://academics.bentley.edu/departments/law-taxation-and-financial-planning/18th-annual-irs-town-meetingEvent Information: Keynote Speaker is David Williams, Director, IRS Return Preparer Office and Luncheon Speaker is Karen Hawkins, Director, Office of …

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I. Introduction This TIR announces that the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (“Department”) will grant automatic extensions of time until October 31, 2011 for certain tax filings and payments otherwise required to be made by certain taxpayers between August 27, 2011 and October 31, 2011. As of September 9, 2011, the President of the United States declared a …

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Pursuant to G.L. c. 111M, § 2, the Department of Revenue is issuing this Technical Information Release to announce the penalty schedule for individuals who fail to comply in 2011 with the requirements under the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act (the Act). See St. 2006, c. 58, as amended.  The Act requires most adults 18 …

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I. Introduction A recently enacted statute provides for a Massachusetts “sales tax holiday weekend,” i.e., two consecutive days during which most purchases made by individuals for personal use will not be subject to Massachusetts sales or use taxes. St. 2011, c. 86 (“the Act”).  The Act provides that the sales tax holiday will occur on August 13 …

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