Tax Resources for CPAs

Recent Updates

e-TIDES Is Being Shut Down in February 2023

Business taxpayers are strongly encouraged to act now and set up an account on the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue’s (DOR) myPATH system. This is DOR’s new online system for registering, filing, and paying Pennsylvania taxes.

The DOR will be retiring e-TIDES, the prior online filing system for business taxpayers, in the final week of February. That means taxpayers will no longer be able to use e-TIDES to file returns and make payments after this date. Instead, they will need to use myPATH to handle these tax obligations. In addition, with many important due dates – including for monthly, quarterly, and semiannual sales tax returns – now is the time to create a myPATH account.

When signing up there is an option to migrate your prior account information from e-TIDES into myPATH. For a simple tutorial on how to do this, DOR offers a Migrating e-TIDES Access instructional video.

If you have trouble getting started with myPATH, please use these resources:

The myPATH Information page
An online customer service center
The online chatbot PATHfinder found on the myPATH webpage

As part of its reach-out efforts, the DOR held a webcast on the myPATH system hosted by the PICPA on Jan. 12. It covered changes that will affect business taxpayers with the closing of e-TIDES and provided an overview of updates to the myPath system. View the replay.

If you need additional assistance, you may contact the department by email at myPATH@pa.gov or by phone at (717) 425-2495, ext. 72841.

Previous Recordings

NEW! Pa. DOR Business Tax Updates to the myPATH System Webcast - Jan. 12, 2023
NEW! Federal Taxation: End-of-the-Year Update Webcast with Edward Jenkins - Jan. 5, 2023
Philadelphia Department of Revenue: Tax Center Update Zoom Webinar - Oct. 27, 2022
State Taxation Steering Committee Q&A with the Pa. Department of Revenue - Oct. 26, 2022
PICPA Legislative Update Webcast - Budget Passage and Tax Implications Recording - July 21, 2022
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Philadelphia Department of Revenue: Offer in Compromise Program Overview Recording - May 3, 2022
12th Annual Q&A with Richard Furlong, IRS Senior Stakeholder Liaison, and Federal Tax Update Webcast Recording and Material Resources - Feb. 3, 2022
Philadelphia Department of Revenue: Policy Updates & Tax Center Overview Recording - Jan. 20, 2022

Pennsylvania Business Taxes Moved to myPATH in November 2022

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (DOR) transitioned all of the business taxes it administers into a new system starting on Nov. 30, 2022. The previous system, e-TIDES, is being retired. Read more.

The DOR’s Customer Experience Center released a series of new Revenue 411 myPATH training videos. These informative tutorials help users get started with the new system.

On Jan. 12, the PICPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue held an online update on business taxes and the myPATH system. Alicia Gonse, chief of customer outreach, relations, and engagement within the DOR Customer Experience Center, covered changes affecting business taxpayers and provide an overview of updates to the myPATH system. Check out this replay of the webcast.

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Pennsylvania State and Local Tax

State

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue

Full Transcripts from PICPA's Q&A Sessions with the DOR
2022 Tax Deadlines
NEW! PA DOR Tutorial Video - How to Get Answers to Your Tax Questions Without Waiting to Speak with a Phone Representative - Oct. 19, 2022
Pa. DOR Contact List - Dec. 14, 2021
Pa. DOR Schedule-A-Call Portal - Dec. 14, 2021
Pa. DOR Tax Professional Email Service - Nov. 30, 2021
Pa. DOR Update - Special Tax Forgiveness Credit Notice - Oct. 15, 2021
Tax Appeals
Tips from the Pennsylvania Board of Appeals - Dec. 5, 2022
Tax Forms, Instructions, and Publications
Tax Laws, Policies, and Bulletins
Tax Seminars
State Tax Summaries
myPATH Pennsylvania Tax Hub: User Guide and Tutorial Videos
Third-Party Users Can Now Register Additional Tax Accounts for Clients They Have Access to in myPATH - Jan. 20, 2023
Common myPATH Withholding Concerns - Jan. 20, 2023
myPATH W-3 and REV1667 Help Guidance - Jan. 13, 2023
Revenue 411 Videos: myPATH system tutorials (creating a third-party user profile, migrating e-TIDES access, requesting account access, and creating a primary user profile), making estimated, extension, and return payments, paying a bill, and responding to a letter in myPATH - Dec. 16, 2022
Guidance on Nonresident Withholding
Pa. PIT Guide

More Resources

AICPA State Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

Local

Phila. Tax Relief for Victims of Hurricane Ida for BIRT, NPT, and SIT - Jan. 20, 2022
Pennsylvania Department of Economic and Community Development
City of Philadelphia Revenue Department provides tax forms and instructions, information on technical rulings, and more.
City of Pittsburgh Department of Finance offers numerous downloadable forms and information.

Internal Revenue Service

IRS Expands Schedule K-2, K-3 FAQ - April 11, 2022
Taxpayer Experience Office Established to Improve Service - March 4, 2022
Help for Taxpayers and Tax Professionals: Special Filing Season Alerts - Feb. 14, 2022
IRS Continues to Work to Help Taxpayers; Suspends Mailing Letters - Feb. 9, 2022
IRS Updates 2021 Child Tax Credit and Advance Child Tax Credit FAQs - January 2022
IRS Tax Information for Tax Professionals
IRS Newsroom

Other States

Delaware Division of Revenue - Exemption of 2021 Unemployment Compensation from State Income Taxation

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