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Ford Motor Co. lost another bid to recoup $445 million in interest on overpayment of income taxes, with an appeals court in Cincinnati, Ohio, blaming inconsistent tax agency rules for its denial.

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

A new podcast series aims to help small accounting firms grow.

Tractor Supply has been one of the fastest-growing retailers in the U.S. for several years running, and it owes much of its success to one thing: It specializes in serving a particular group of customers, and it primarily sells products those customers want.

The Internal Revenue Service has strengthened the security of its e-Services registration process for tax professionals and taxpayers as identity theft and data breaches have become a greater concern.

While coping with a series of budget cuts and employee reductions in recent years, the Internal Revenue Service managed to increase the total dollars it received and collected for the third consecutive year, according to a new government report.

An Oklahoma federal judge dealt a blow to President Barack Obama’s health-care law, invalidating IRS rules aimed at making policies affordable for consumers around the country.

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Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen told a congressional subcommittee about the IRS's progress on the Affordable Care Act and the impact that tax subsidies will have next tax season.

W. Michael Hsu and accounting with attitude.

A roundup of recent M&A announcements from around the profession.

Affordable Care Act considerations for year-end planning.

A roundup of recent tax news.

Businesses need help fixing agency mistakes.

The CPA Consultants' Alliance has launched a new survey to collect information on succession planning in order to determine how partners in CPA firms view their firm’s ability to address the succession of their partners as they approach retirement.

The Internal Revenue Service is providing more time to farmers and ranchers in 30 drought-stricken states to defer taxes on any gains from forced sales of livestock.

The Internal Revenue Service has decided not to appeal a district court case which ruled that the agency doesn’t have the authority to regulate return preparers’ contingent fee arrangements for refund claims.

The Internal Revenue Service’s collection efforts need to be improved to make sure that delinquent taxpayers residing in foreign countries comply with their U.S. tax obligations, according to a new government report.