Tax practice

A group known as the Alliance for the Defense of Canadian Sovereignty has filed suit against the Canadian government challenging the constitutionality of an intergovernmental agreement between the U.S. and Canada to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

The Federal Trade Commission said it is mailing more than $16 million in refund checks to 18,571 consumers who had paid money to American Tax Relief, a company that allegedly bilked financially distressed consumers by falsely claiming it could reduce their tax debts.

Indiana can challenge an Internal Revenue Service rule making people who sign up for health-care coverage under the Affordable Care Act through federal government-created insurance exchanges eligible for a tax credit.

A small percentage of tax-exempt organizations have a substantial amount of delinquent payroll taxes, according to a new government report.

-The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance for the 2014 fee year on how the IRS and the Treasury Department will administer the definition of a “covered entity” for purposes of the health insurance fee under the Affordable Care Act.

The Internal Revenue Service is making its new Taxpayer Bill of Rights available in six different languages.

The Internal Revenue Service told a judge its technicians made repeated futile efforts to save data on a malfunctioning computer hard drive used by Lois Lerner, the former official at the center of a dispute between Congress and the Obama administration over scrutiny of Tea Party groups.

Two decades ago, Richard Kinder helped start a craze for reorganizing big U.S. companies so they’re exempt from the corporate income tax. Today, he said he’s through with the idea.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated the Withholding Foreign Partnership and Withholding Foreign Trust agreements as part of the process of implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA.

Big banks and wealthy investors are accused of benefiting from a tax credit program that is supposed to help poor communities, according to a new Senate report.

Referrals from satisfied clients still top the list of marketing word-of-mouth for tax preparers. But what kind of non-prep professional provides the best business connection?

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has expanded its awards to whistleblowers, allowing tipsters to claim a potentially greater share of the proceeds the IRS collects on extra tax revenue.

One of the things separating national franchise tax systems from independent offices is the fact that they have a system, which provides a proven, reliable way to run the business.

The Internal Revenue Service did not always follow all the legal requirements when conducting seizures of taxpayer property, according to a new government report.

Nearly half the members of the U.S. Senate have signed a letter expressing concern about a tax reform proposal to require the use of accrual accounting and are urging the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee to preserve the option of the cash method of accounting for tax purposes.

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

President Barack Obama put the blame on accountants for the wave of companies doing tax inversions.

The owner of a New Jersey business has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for willfully preparing false tax returns for clients.

Nearly 80 percent of Americans feel vulnerable to tax scams, according to a new survey, but nearly 60 percent of the respondents said they do not know how to prevent or protect themselves from falling victim.