The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that the first monthly payment of the expanded and newly-advanceable Child Tax Credit (CTC) from the American Rescue Plan will be made on July 15. Roughly 39 million households — covering 88% of children in the

The Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for civic-minded volunteers to apply for membership on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) for 2022. Taxpayers may submit a TAP application online at www.improveirs.org through June 1, 2021. The TAP is a federal advisory committee that listens to

The Pennsylvania Bar Foundation selected lawyers Donald F. Smith, a volunteer attorney at MidPenn Legal Services in Reading, and Diana K. Ingersoll, a staff attorney at MidPenn Legal Services in Altoona, as well as Ingersoll’s employer MidPenn Legal Services for 2021 Louis J. Goffman Awards. The

New FCC Program Offers Consumers Discounted Broadband Services and Computers During the COVID-19 Pandemic beginning May 12.

Department of Human Services (DHS) Acting Secretary Meg Snead today issued the following statement on a ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s nationwide moratorium on evictions established in

The Internal Revenue Service today reminds tax-exempt organizations that operate on a calendar-year (CY) basis that certain annual information and tax returns they file with the IRS are due on May 17, 2021. These returns are: Form 990-series annual information returns (Forms 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990

Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) Board of Directors is has announced that Dina Schlossberg, currently the RHLS Deputy Director/Senior Attorney for Multi-family Housing, will become the next Executive Director of RHLS as of August 1, 2021. The Board's announcement stated: The Board of Directors

A new Unemployment Compensation system will be launched in Pennsylvania in June 2021. For the transition to the new system the PA Dept. of Labor & Industry will be presenting instructional workshops covering topics relating to use of the system.