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Bloomberg BNA has released a federal tax guide for 2016.

The former tax preparer for Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, one of the stars of the MTV reality TV series “Jersey Shore,” and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing fraudulent tax returns on their behalf.

The Tax Court has decided that media mogul Sumner Redstone’s 1972 transfer of stock to a trust set up for his two children was a taxable gift, but declined to impose a penalty for fraud, negligence, or failure to timely file.

A recent report from the Government Accountability office says that despite whistleblowers’ growing importance to IRS recoveries, the IRS’s whistleblower program remains seriously flawed.

Ernst & Young has formed a strategic alliance with the SAS Institute to provide data analytics technology to clients.

Congressional leaders unveiled a wide-ranging deal on tax extenders, making some items permanent.

Congressional leaders unveiled a broad package of spending and tax legislation that would avert a U.S. government shutdown and lift the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.

Credit Agricole SA’s unit in Switzerland agreed to pay $99.2 million to avoid prosecution through a U.S. program that has secured almost $742 million in penalties from 64 Swiss banks that disclosed how they helped Americans evade taxes.

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A New York tax preparer received a 12-month prison sentence and was ordered to pay $144,604.00 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service after he was convicted of preparing false tax returns.

A new academic study pours cold water on the notion that companies that promote their social responsibility efforts are any better at paying their taxes than regular corporations.

In my column two weeks ago I offered to send a free copy of my Power Bites book and received over 150 requests.

Senate negotiators are nearing a deal to allow unfettered U.S. crude oil exports for the first time in 40 years, though differences remain on renewable-energy tax credits that Democrats are demanding in return, according to people close to the discussions.

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

Plaxico Burress, a former NFL wide receiver who played for the New York Giants, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges.

Michael Sonnenblick of Thomson Reuters discusses how tax loss harvesting can help investors save on taxes, along with some of the risks.

As the calendar year—and for many companies, the financial year—draws to a close, accountants are gearing up for or holding what can feel like a gauntlet of meetings with business owners to begin preparing financial statements and tax returns.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice that provides guidance on the Supreme Court’s decision in the Obergefell same-sex marriage case to retirement plans, along with health and welfare plans.

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has introduced a bill to block a proposed regulation from the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department that would give nonprofits the option of asking donors for their Social Security numbers to substantiate donations of more than $250.