E-filing

The government shutdown and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will continue to cause friction throughout tax season.

Despite the shutdown, Commissioner Rettig commits to on-time refunds, too.

Over 30 states now have a 10 Business Day Rule in place.

In an ideal world, businesses would make tax preparation a yearlong commitment.

The practice management software company intends to release its first tax preparation product next summer.

The revised agreement expands taxpayer options for free online software offerings for next filing season to avoid steering taxpayers to paid products.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to spend close to $300 million to implement the new tax law.

The Internal Revenue Service would be required to hire a chief information officer to overhaul its aging computer systems, under a bill passed last week by the House.

A group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee are asking the Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner, David Kautter, to explain why the IRS’s systems crash occurred on Tax Day, April 17.

The Internal Revenue Service said it would give U.S. taxpayers an extra day to file their returns electronically after a computer malfunction disrupted the agency’s website.

Could system failures at the IRS finally push the service into the 21st century?

The computers are back up and running, but last-minute filers get some additional time.

As preparers head into the home stretch, here's how filing has gone so far.

The Internal Revenue Service is getting blitzed with phone calls from taxpayers to the help desk it has set up for tax professionals, and it’s asking tax pros to stop referring their clients there.

The Internal Revenue Service has set the official starting date – and returns are due by April 17.

To help preparers get ready for tax season, NCCPAP president Stephen Mankowski shares the top issues they should bear in mind.

The e-filing service provider has posted a range of useful information for tax pros online.

The Internal Revenue Service isn’t doing enough to ensure that Electronic Filing Identification Numbers are assigned to qualified applicants or deactivated when needed, according to a new report.

The IRS won't be able to accept electronically filed returns while it conducts annual maintenance and reprogramming.

The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that it was able to transition most of its e-Services user applications to a new platform over the weekend, although it reiterated its warning Friday of delays in moving to new authentication technology.