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Capital One’s Spark Business unit is offering some advice to accountants to help them and their small business clients get through the summertime lull and attract more customers.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to expand its use of data and develop a comprehensive strategy to address noncompliance by taxpayers claiming refundable tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, according to a new report.

One morning my wife and I were having breakfast and she asked me, “What do I do if you and Peter get killed?”

On June 23, the UK population narrowly voted to end its 43-year membership in the European Union.

Regardless of whether you were surprised, overjoyed, dismayed or showed any other emotion (perhaps anger as you saw world markets tank), Brexit is here.

F. Lee Bailey, a defense attorney who gained fame for his work in two sensational 1960s cases and later was part of O.J. Simpson’s “Dream Team,” filed for personal bankruptcy, saying he’s more than $5 million in debt.

What the IRS giveth, the IRS taketh away. At age 70½, the bill comes due on all those tax-deferred savings accounts we’ve been building, and this week the oldest baby boomers will begin to reach that finish line—with many millions more to follow.

A roundup of some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Social media tools are one way to start radicalizing your firm

Options for tax reform are legion — the missing ingredient is leadership

Top 100 Firm The Bonadio Group announced the implementation of a succession plan that will see founder Thomas Bonadio handing over the CEO role in three years.

A practical guide to perfecting your tax research techniques and achieving sustainable tax return filing positions

The Internal Revenue Service has added new protections to its Income Verification Express Service to curb identity theft.

U.S. corporations would get the largest federal income-tax rate cut in history, and their foreign earnings would no longer face domestic taxes when they return to the U.S. under a plan that House Republicans unveiled Friday.

The Internal Revenue Service has closed down its electronic filing PIN tool after noticing suspicious activity.

Identity thieves are continuing to target taxpayers despite the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to better authenticate taxpayers, according to a new report.

For growth, you need more than lunch with a friendly lawyer

UBS Group AG has ended a legal fight with the Internal Revenue Service, agreeing to hand over records on an American client’s account in Singapore as U.S. authorities seek to move beyond Switzerland in their fight against offshore tax evasion.

A former Credit Suisse Group AG banker pleaded guilty to helping Americans evade taxes, admitting his role after spending the past five years as a fugitive.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John A. Koskinen committed an impeachable offense by giving false testimony to Congress about his agency’s preservation of e-mails, a conservative lawyer told the House Judiciary Committee.