The IRS Is Making it Easier to Avoid Tax Penalties This Year. Here's How, January 23, 2019

Summary: The IRS Is Making it Easier to Avoid Tax Penalties This Year. Here's How by Martha C. White The IRS urged taxpayers last year to do a “paycheck checkup” to make sure they were withholding enough from their paychecks to satisfy their obligations under the new tax law. But on Wednesday, the agency acknowledged in effect that the changes to the tax code could be confusing and said it would relax the penalty for not withholding enough from paychecks or quarterly estimated payments in 2018.