Jeff Stimpson

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.

The tax prep chain will let customers load their refund on an American Express card, saving them up to two days.

Preparers who file a return claiming the credit without including a W-2 to substantiate the income may get a warning.

A basic federal filing with a state return and no itemized deductions is up $17 over the past two years.

$24,000 in EITC due diligence fines and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Changing national demographics may be producing a new kind of dependent: parents and adult children of middle-aged taxpayers, according to the National Association of Enrolled Agents.

Even though their income level may not require them to file, taxpayers with disabilities may still qualify for the credit, the tax service says.

Seven ways to build better client relationships during tax season, and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers this week.

A small but growing number of states are looking for taxpayers to supply ID card information as part of their returns.

Tax practitioners may spot a new 16-digit code on clients' W-2s this year, as part of an effort to fight tax-related ID theft.

A congressional staffer faces incarceration every weekend for a year, and a Pittsburgh ice rink that didn’t pay its employment taxes.

Alan Ferber is joining the tax preparation chain from home security company ADT.

The implications of delaying ACA repeal, getting media exposure during filing season, and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The tax prep giant has upgraded its online presence with a range of new tools.

Scammers and cheaters make the tax prep process harder for the government, taxpayers and tax preparers alike. Professional practitioners shared what they would do to shut the criminals down.

The tax service and its private-sector partners have opened this year's program for free tax prep software for eligible taxpayers.