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The Internal Revenue Service has released a new guide for auditors in its Large Business and International division outlining a new examination process for big businesses.

Donald Trump’s disclosure that his tax returns have been under review by the Internal Revenue Service for the past 12 years reflects a “very unusual” level of scrutiny by tax authorities, according to a former Internal Revenue Service agent who now works as an accountant for wealthy people.

Senator Ted Cruz and his wife, Heidi, paid $1.5 million in federal income taxes from 2011 through 2014 on adjusted gross income totaling more than $5 million, according to partial tax returns released in e-mails to reporters by the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign Saturday.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, reported $2.3 million in income over the past five years and paid $526,092 in federal income taxes, according to tax documents released by the presidential candidate’s campaign Saturday.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Farmers and fishermen who chose to forgo making quarterly estimated tax payments for 2015 generally must file their 2015 federal return and pay any tax due by Tuesday, March 1.

What’s new for 2015 tax returns?

The Internal Revenue Service is appealing a court decision that it lost last year to a chip maker in a case involving stock-based compensation.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that an investigation into last year’s data breach in the online Get Transcript application revealed it affected hundreds of thousands more taxpayers than originally believed.

The National Association of Enrolled Agents has challenged a proposed ninefold increase to the fee charged by the Internal Revenue Service for the Special Enrollment Exam.

The economic downturn of eight years ago caused a sharp decline in sales of capital assets reported on individual returns, according to the IRS Winter 2016 Statistics of Income Bulletin.

High tax rates and cybersecurity are among the most pressing concerns of CFOs at technology companies, according to a new survey by BDO USA.

Billionaire Donald Trump insisted Thursday that he couldn’t release his tax returns now because he is under a “very routine audit” by the Internal Revenue Service, and said he’s been audited constantly over the past 12 years.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Six of 13 IRS-approved free e-filing services Web sites failed in taking steps to help protect consumers from fraudulent and malicious e-mail, according to a recent audit.

The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Program Office helped almost 40,000 taxpayers last year, according to its fourth annual report.

Credit card fraud is an ongoing concern for consumers, but recent developments will have a significant impact on your business clients if they have not yet invested in new technology supported by the Obama administration.

The 12 most egregious tax scams of the year

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has agreed on a new framework that will allow all interested countries and jurisdictions to participate in drawing up international tax rules.

A pair of Democrats in the House have introduced legislation to reduce the number of corporate tax inversions by clamping down on the strategy of earnings stripping.