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The assets of NextPoint Financial, parent of chain Liberty Tax, have been sold after approval by a Canadian Court and under Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States.
Liberty and Canadian Community Tax will continue to operate under the ownership of BP Commercial Funding Trust, Series SPL-X
The action was spurred by NextPoint’s disastrous acquisition of LoanMe, which was supposed to be operated in tandem with Liberty as a one-stop consumer operation. NextPoint purchased both LoanMe and Liberty in 2021 but shuttered LoanMe for new loans in July 2023. NextPoint sued AmeriFirst Home Improvement Finance seeking millions of dollars in damage for the alleged failure of AmeriFirst to live up to the terms of a loan servicing contract.
LoanMe, which had continued to service existing loans, will be wound down. NextPoint’s announcement said there would be no assets to distribute to creditors
Most States Won’t Tax Forgiven PPP Loans
Most states will not treat forgiven PPP loans as income, according to Bloomberg Tax & Accounting’s 21st annual Survey of State Tax Departments. The survey found 29 state tax departments will follow federal treatment of loan forgiveness or cancellation in not considering the amounts taxable.
Returns Slightly Above 2021
The latest weekly statistical filing report from the Internal Revenue Service report shows the total number of returns for the season through June 12 less than half a percent higher than the yea-ago season through July 17. There were 152,465,000 returns field for the year to date compared to 151,782,000 through last year’s extended deadline.
Block Assisted Tax Clients Rose 7 Percent
H&R Block increased the number of assisted tax clients by 7 percent for recently ended tax season. That represented an increase of 700,000 customers, which translated into the best performance in 10 years, CEO Jeff Jones said during this week’s earnings webcast for the year ended April 30.
TaxAct Tax Season Ends Strong
The last two weeks of the tax season were stronger than expected, Blucora said this week. The company, which owns the TaxAct line, raised its forecast for the second quarter ending June 30 and for 2021.
IRS Updates Non-filer Sign-up Tool
The Internal Revenue Service has revised its Non-filer Sign-up tool to enable for families that usually do not normally file tax returns register for the monthly Advance Child Tax Credit payments. It is scheduled to be available on July 15.
IRS Seeks Advisory Council Members
Applicatants are being sought for membership in the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council. The IRS said this month applications will be accepted through July 9 for the panel, which serves as an advisory body to the IRS commissioner.
CPA Accused of Tax Shelter Scheme
A CPA based in Atlanta, Ga., is accused of raking in more than $1 million in commissions in an abusive tax shelter scheme. Herbert E. Lewis was indicted this week on 62 counts of alleged involvement in the scheme that generated hundreds of millions of dollars in phony tax deductions.
Bloomberg Updates State NOL Manager
Bloomberg Tax & Accounting has incorporated CARES Act changes that impact tax years 2018, 2019 and 2020, into State NOL Manager. The software application was formerly known as State Tax Analyzer.
Republic Selling Tax Refund Biz
Republic Bank & Trust Company is selling its Tax Refund Solutions Business to Green Dot Corp. The Kentucky-based bank will receive $165 million for the business which was hammered by the changes in the tax season and the issuance of economic impact payments.
Timing Skews Latest Filing Report
The latest statistics for the 2021 tax filing season must have some people scratching their heads. But it probably reflects timing difference of that reflects last year's extension of the filing season through July 15 compared to this year's which ended May 17.
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