Category: IRS audits

IRS audits

Planning Around the 2026 Cost-of-Living Adjustment to Social Security Benefits by Patricia Giarratano, CPA


Posted on November 24, 2025 by Patricia Giarratano

Social Security recipients, including senior citizens, widows and people with disabilities and special needs, will receive a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to their benefits in 2026. The increase represents an additional $56 per month in payments for benefits that include Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The Social Security […]

IRS Compliance Efforts Target Pass-Through Entities, Expand Use of AI in Tax Audits by Joseph Leocata, JD, CPA, MBA


Posted on November 01, 2024 by Joseph Leocata

The IRS recently launched a new unit committed to enforcing U.S. tax laws among pass-through entities, such as S corporations, partnerships and trusts, whose income passes from the business to its owner’s individual tax returns where taxes are due at the owners’ marginal income tax rates. The move is part of the agency’s broader focus […]