DCED Posts Act 32 Procedures Manual

The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) has posted their Act 32 Procedures Manual to its web site at http://www.newpa.com/node/6747 (under Regulation and Procedures). It will be updated as necessary, according to DCED.

DCED Posts Act 32 Procedures Manual

PA Unemployement Confirms Late Rate Letters

The Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Department has confirmed that compensation rate notices which are normally mailed at the end of December will be delayed into 2012. They say they will be mailed prior to April 1, 2012.

This obviously creates problems for employers trying to accrue the proper amount of tax to pay in the first quarter. It will also require changes to rates in software, and adjustments for incorrect accruals.

PA Unemployement Confirms Late Rate Letters

PA to Stop Mailing Corporate Tax Coupons

The PA Department of Revenue will no longer mail REV-857-I coupon packets or specialty taxes coupons, forms and instructions to taxpayers effective 01/01/2012. The forms and instructions will be available on their website. Of course, they encourage everyone to file on e-TIDES if possible.

PA to Stop Mailing Corporate Tax Coupons

2011 Tax Year Publication 17 Posted

Publication 17 was posted yesterday, and is available for download at

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdf

If past years are any guide, there may be revisions, so keep the web address handy. Even if you order a paper copy (which if you tell them you are a tax preparer they will charge you for) the PDF is useful since you can search the document by any word, and there are hyperlinks in the documents to other sections.

2011 Tax Year Publication 17 Posted

IRS Releases 2012 W-4 and W-4P

The updated forms are available at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf and http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4p.pdf

IRS Releases 2012 W-4 and W-4P

PA Dept. of Revenue Tax Seminar Schedule Fall 2011

The PA Department of Revenue has finally posted the dates for the update seminars it gives every fall throughout the state at http://bit.ly/muXp2P . Unfortunately the agenda is not posted yet, but normally they cover individual, corporate, inheritance, sales & use, and unemployment taxes. In my area (the Lehigh Valley), the PSPA is sponsoring it on 9/27/11 at the Holiday Inn in Breinigsville. You can get a registration form or register online fot the Lehigh Valley location at www.pspacpe.com . Hope you can make one of the sessions.

PA Dept. of Revenue Tax Seminar Schedule Fall 2011

Webinar on Gas Tax Issues Recording Available

A Penn State Extension webinar, "Dealing with Gas Tax Issues for Marcellus Shale" held 02/16/2011, gave a one hour overview of  how to report income, depletion, and expensing opportunities, severance, and property tax. Although it was necessarily brief, I thought the information presented was accurate and informative.

http://extension.psu.edu/naturalgas/webinars/recorded/webinar-gas-tax-issues-for-landowners

Mary Lew Kehm, CPA

Webinar on Gas Tax Issues Recording Available