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The “job creators” are fighting back on tax policy—against their Republican allies.

The Internal Revenue Service estimates that 27 percent or $17.7 billion in Earned Income Tax Credit payments were issued improperly in fiscal year 2014, according to a new government report.

Nearly half of all states impose taxes on memberships in gyms, health clubs, athletic clubs and fitness clubs, while the rest either exempt memberships or don’t have state sales taxes at all, according to new research.

In a case that could have repercussions for the taxation of professional athletes, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a ruling that provoked a response citing the New England Patriots’ “Deflategate” scandal.

Companies are expanding their hiring of tax professionals.

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

One of the Democratic Party’s favorite applause lines is getting another turn in the spotlight: hit hedge-fund millionaires with the same taxes as the working class.

At a recent gathering of corporate tax professionals, many confessed to uneasiness about the damage to the reputations of their companies from media reports about their tax strategies.

Greatland is adding year-end reporting for the Affordable Care Act to its W-2 and 1099 reporting software, Yearli.

It is “silly” for Republicans to put together a response to the Supreme Court’s expected June ruling on the legality of subsides in the federal health care exchange, the health policy director at the CATO Institute, which helped launch the lawsuit, said Monday.

Recently I was asked if I could provide some reasons for my success.

A site that is used to process tax forms for nonprofit organizations on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service recently suffered a data breach.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has created a cybercrime unit to combat the growing trend of identity theft-related tax fraud as the problem morphs into data breaches and becomes more international in scope.

Karen Hawkins, director of the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility, is stepping down in July from her position, which probes Circular 230 violations by tax practitioners.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its list of designated private delivery services that meet the rules for determining the postmark for timely filing and payment, eliminating DHL and adding several FedEx services.

Victims of the severe storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that took place beginning on April 2, 2015, in parts of Kentucky may qualify for tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service.

As a leader in an accounting firm, get away from the forest to see the trees.

CFOs of multinational corporations have mixed reactions to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s crackdown on base erosion and profit shifting by global companies, according to a new survey.