Jeff Stimpson

Every preparer wants to know what their clients think. The trick is how to find out.

Taxpayers often have radically different opinions of the Internal Revenue Service than tax professionals — which offers practitioners some opportunities.

The Internal Revenue Service is putting out the word on how to beat the tax-filing crowd right after Presidents Day—one of the agency’s busiest times of the year.

Fake children and other highlights of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Teens from Florida, Michigan and Texas each received $20,000 college scholarships from the tax prep chain's recent Budget Challenge high school competition.

The IRS web page where taxpayers and tax professionals can check on the status of refunds will be updated on Saturday, February 18 for most early filers who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit.

Purchased vs. licensed tax software; the Trump impact on taxes; a Canadian perspective on filing U.S. taxes; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Taxpayers are excited, expectant and confused about the Trump administration’s plans – all at once.

Intuit’s exec Angela Camp and National Consumers League VP John Breyault appointed to the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee.

The free course from the National Association of Tax Professionals was a joint venture with the IRS and the Federal Trade Commission.

Using your late mother’s Social Security number for fraud, and other highlights of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

What a tax overhaul might look like; owing $.00 to the IRS; tax season security and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Tax pros are divided on whether donating their time to file returns for the needy is worth it.

The IRS has appointed new representatives to two major advisory councils.

Preparers from the tax chain will use the cognitive computing solution to improve recommendations to clients.

Businesses that never existed, students who never went to school, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

A survey by tax prep chain Liberty Tax Service found that most taxpayers are waiting on paperwork, and aiming to file this month.

The Internal Revenue Service has added help icons to reduce error rates.

W-2 scams, e-mail scams, phone scams, and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers this week.

The tax prep chain and the charity have boosted authentication and encryption for their free tax-filing service.