Tax practice

When construction slowed during the recession, some companies hired workers and wrongly designated them as independent contractors to avoid paying insurance, taxes, fair wages and overtime.

The Internal Revenue Service is reducing the photocopying charge for tax returns from $57 per copy to $50, thanks to greater efficiency and improved technology at the agency.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that farmers and ranchers who previously were forced to sell livestock due to drought conditions currently affecting much of the nation will now have an extended period of time in which to replace the livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales.

After reopening operations on Oct. 17, the IRS said in an email to tax professionals Friday that its employees are reporting back to work, and the agency is assessing the impact of the 16-day shutdown on its national operations.

CCH has released a new tax briefing offering insights and analysis to assist tax practitioners and their clients with year-end tax planning.

The majority of the U.S. government, including the U.S. Tax Court, shut down on October 1. Late this past Wednesday, Congress voted to reopen the government through January 15 of next year. Despite the shutdown, the statutory deadline of 90 days for filing a petition in the Tax Court cannot be extended. Yet during the shutdown, the Tax Court was not accepting hand delivery and very likely was not opening its mail.

The Internal Revenue Service has delayed the 2014 season for renewing Preparer Tax Identification Numbers because of the government shutdown that ended last night.

After the partisan passions and heated rhetoric, the disruptions of a government shutdown and displays of dysfunction, Congress did what it could have done weeks ago: voted to fund the government and lift the debt limit.

When it comes to tax disputes, there are three different forums in which to bring a lawsuit, and sometimes the choice makes a difference in the result.

Thomson Reuters’ WorldTrade Executive brand has released the latest edition of Global Transfer Pricing Solutions, a book that covers regulatory changes and provides analysis in the field of transfer pricing.

U.S. Senate leaders are rushing to lock up an agreement to end the fiscal impasse, stepping in after House Republicans’ last-minute plan to avert a U.S. government default collapsed.

The Income Tax School Inc. has introduced the All-States Individual Income Tax Guide, aimed at students of the company’s ITS Comprehensive Federal Income Tax Course in individual Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Preparation.

A Florida psychiatrist never spent any of the millions of dollars that prosecutors claim she hid from the Internal Revenue Service, her attorney told jurors at the start of her tax trial in federal court in Fort Myers.

The facilitation of tax avoidance strategies could constitute a violation of international human rights law, according to a new report by the International Bar Association.

Although most accountants prepare taxes, that’s not the only reason that professional liability claims against accountants are most frequent in the tax area.

The Internal Revenue Service is putting the brakes on tax liens and levies during the federal government shutdown.

Legislation approved by the Senate earlier this year to require online businesses to collect sales taxes from out-of-state customers could have a unfair impact on businesses owned by minorities, women, veterans and other groups, according to a new study.

The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers that the October 15 deadline remains in effect for people who requested a six-month extension to file their tax return.

The government shutdown now entering its second week does more than close museums and turn national parks into uninhabited forests: It also gums up workflow for many tax preparers and often leaves their clients with questions that are growing shriller.

A New Jersey schoolteacher who prepared taxes on the side has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for preparing false tax returns.