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Hi, . Here are your Articles for July 10, 2026.
IRS Offers Warnings and Relief on Conservation Easements

Conservation easements help protect natural areas and historic buildings while offering a tax break for the property owners involved. But the IRS views many of these arrangements as "abusive" from a tax perspective. This article discusses two recent updates to this long-standing issue: a revised IRS webpage and a new settlement initiative.

Retirement Accounts and Your Estate Plan

When planning your estate to minimize taxes, there are some important factors to keep in mind about retirement accounts such as traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP accounts and 401(k) plans. The rules can be complicated. Find out the details by reading this article.

Ethical Sales Is Not an Oxymoron

You know you're operating a reputable business, but is that the impression your sales force is leaving with potential customers? In a competitive business environment, it's easy to forget what constitutes ethical sales. Here are some reminders to give to sales people to encourage them to not say whatever it takes clinch a deal. Something bigger than monthly sales targets is at stake.

Are Expense Reimbursements from Adoption Assistance Programs Taxable?

The question we answer in this article is:

If an organization implements a formal adoption assistance program, what are the tax implications of the financial-assistance reimbursements it makes?

1120S, 1065 -- March 15th / Extension Due Date September 15th
1041 -- April 15th / Extension Due Date September 30th  
1040, 1120C -- April 15th / Extension Due Date October 15th
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