Lots of Delays, Updates and Changes for 2014 Tax Season

The delayed start to the filing season, taxpayers' confusion regarding the implications of the Affordable Care Act, uncertainty over the continuation into 2014 of a number of expiring provisions, the reintroduction of personal exemption phase-outs and Pease limitations on itemized deductions for high-income earners, and the Supreme Court decision on the Defense of Marriage Act are just a few of the issues that will impact practitioners as they gear up for the 2014 filing season.