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The Internal Revenue Service has proposed new regulations for innocent spouse relief related to joint and several liability under the Tax Code.

The Internal Revenue Service announced three changes Friday to the proposed rules for the new tax-favored Achieving a Better Life Experience, or ABLE, accounts for eligible disabled individuals that will be included in the final regulations when they are issued to make it easier for states to offer and administer ABLE programs.

The Internal Revenue Service has improved its audits of high-income taxpayers but needs to re-evaluate whether the threshold of $200,000 for auditing wealthy taxpayers efficiently uses the agency’s examination resources, according to a new report.

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

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have outlined additional steps they are taking to reduce the tax benefits of corporate inversions, and when possible, stop the transactions from occurring.

IRS budget woes are the top priorities for Andy Mattson, recently appointed AICPA committee chair of the IRS Advocacy & Relations Committee.

The Internal Revenue Service has provided retailers and restaurateurs with a safe harbor of accounting for expenditures related to repairs, remodeling and refreshes.

The Internal Revenue Service is beginning the next round of its battle against tax-related identity theft by debuting a public awareness campaign to persuade more taxpayers to safeguard their personal information, in conjunction with tax preparation companies and state tax authorities.

The U.S. Treasury Department plans to release additional guidance this week aimed at deterring corporate inversions, though it can’t stop such tax-avoidance moves without new authority from Congress, Secretary Jacob J. Lew said.

Many accountants and valuation experts are anxiously attempting to predict the contents of the revised Section 2704 regulations from the IRS on the valuation of family limited partnerships and other family-controlled entities.

Sales and use tax rates increased slightly across the country in the third quarter of the year, according to a new report.

A pair of reports released Wednesday highlight the impact of yearly budget cuts on the Internal Revenue Service’s activities.

The Internal Revenue Service is taking a closer look at professional employer organizations to implement a recent law.

The National Society of Accountants has delivered what it calls “a strongly worded letter” to Congress criticizing them for slashing the IRS budget by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Blogging is one of the most rewarding ways accounting firms can reach out to an audience of clients and potential clients.

World leaders threw their weight behind a set of tax reforms for multinational corporations during a meeting in Turkey this week, endorsing the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, or BEPS, action plan.

My last column addressed the importance of controls when trying to get a client. But it is also important to retain the client. A good system that is not monitored is a sure way to not only lose the client, but be kept awake at night.

For filing season 2016, the Internal Revenue Service will test a capability to verify the authenticity of W-2 data as part of a series of steps to combat tax-related ID theft and refund fraud.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

New surveys offer proof of its increasing value to firms