IRS Seeks Rhode Island Volunteer for Taxpayer Advocacy Panel

The Internal Revenue Service is seeking civic-minded Rhode Island volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.

IRS Announces New 2013 Tax Rates and Standard Deductions

Standard deductions go up, but the ceiling for itemized deductions go down in 2013, plus other changes that will affect your taxes this year.

Last Friday, the Internal Revenue Service announced annual inflation adjustments for tax year 2013, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes from the recently passed American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.  The tax items for 2013 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following changes. Details on these inflation adjustments and others are contained in Revenue Procedure 2013-15, which will be published in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2013-5 on Jan.28, 2013. Other inflation adjusted items were published in October 2012 in Revenue Procedure 2012-41. -News release from the Internal Revenue Service

• Photos (1)

UPDATED: Rep. Dan Gordon Files Taxes Late to 'Make Statement'

The state representative discussed his decision on talk radio Thursday.

State Rep. Dan Gordon (Dist. 71, Little Compton, Portsmouth and Tiverton) refused to file his 2011 tax return before the deadline Tuesday in a protest against government spending, reports GoLocalProv.  On Tuesday, Gordon wrote on his Twitter page to followers: Today is the tax deadline. I didn't pay. #ComeGetIt Gordon is apparently critical of the state and federal government's spending practices, according to GoLocalProv.  In a tweet Thursday, Gordon, a Libertarian, states he will discuss his decision "to not pay taxes" on WPRO's Buddy Cianci show today at 4:05 p.m.  Updated at 4:43 p.m. Thursday Gordon later stated on Buddy Cianci's talk radio show that he filed his state and federal tax return on Thursday morning, two days after the …

•  3 Comments
• Photos (1)