Tax practice

Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and John Thune, R-S.D. introduced legislation to improve customer service at the Internal Revenue Service, create new taxpayer protections, and update and strengthen existing taxpayer protections.

The Internal Revenue Service has released final regulations on the portability of a deceased spousal exclusion amount for surviving spouses facing estate and gift taxes.

ATAX, a Latino-owned tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services franchise company, reported Monday that the 2015 tax season was its strongest since it began franchising in 2007.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have teamed up to introduce new legislation that aims to make it easier for states and localities to collect sales taxes on online purchases and other remote transactions.

The National Society of Accountants has created a Tax Practitioners Bill of Rights.

The Internal Revenue Service has added some types of grantor trusts to the list of areas in which it does not plan to issue letter rulings or determination letters.

The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that all empowerment zone designations remained in effect through the end of 2014.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding all taxpayers with a filing requirement for a foreign bank account report to report their foreign assets by the June 30 deadline.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is awarding more than $3.5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits to 76 organizations across the country to stimulate investment and economic growth in low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities.

Jeb Bush is getting conflicting advice from opposing wings of the Republican Party on a key economic issue: taxation.

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If the Supreme Court issues a ruling later this month that financial subsidies on the federal health care exchange are legal in King v. Burwell, it would be time to shift the conversation about the Affordable Care Act and focus on substance, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.

Melissa Gilbert, who starred in the TV series “Little House on the Prairie,” is reportedly paying off a big tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service.

When taxpayers rent out a room on Airbnb, they may realize that any compensation they receive is subject to income tax. Lodging tax, however, is probably not on their minds.

The Internal Revenue Service met Thursday with tax preparation and software companies, payroll and tax financial product processors, and state tax administrators to announce a sweeping new collaborative effort to combat identity theft refund fraud and protect taxpayers.

The Vatican has signed an intergovernmental agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA.

The House introduced legislation that aims to make it easier for individuals, employers, states and the federal government to determine who is eligible for premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act.

The House approved legislation by voice vote permanently banning states from taxing Internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on e-commerce.

Republican leaders of Congress’s two tax-writing committees are questioning recommendations from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development aimed at stopping multinational corporations from shifting their profits to low-tax countries.