Tax practice

Amazon.com has enlisted former Solicitor General Ted Olson to file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to stop New York State from requiring Amazon customers to pay sales taxes on their purchases.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago has affirmed the Tax Court, upholding the disallowance by the IRS of losses claimed by investors in a DAD (distressed asset/debt) tax shelter.

Switzerland is paving the way for its banks to settle a dispute with the U.S. over tax evasion, approving a plan after years of diplomatic wrangling.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations for the shared responsibility payment for not maintaining minimum essential coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as the individual mandate.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a set of tips to help with foreign tax credit compliance.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to fix a glitch that was discovered with its system for automatically issuing tax levies that allow it to seize the assets of delinquent taxpayers.

An Omaha man has been sentenced to three years’ probation after dumping dirt from a front-end loader truck at the feet of Internal Revenue Service officers who were trying to seize his boss’s dump truck.

A pair of Democratic lawmakers in Congress announced they are introducing legislation to curb gun violence by increasing federal taxes on firearms and ammunition.

The Internal Revenue Service has chosen John Dalrymple, a former executive with the tax agency, for its No. 2 job, a position where he will oversee audits, the annual tax filing season and the tax-exempt organizations office that led to controversy this year.

The new fraud detection system that the IRS has been developing since the beginning of 2012 needs some more work to make sure that it is successfully deployed and implemented.

Senator Ben Cardin, D-Md., a member of the Senate Finance Committee, has written to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, urging them to quickly resolve and clarify the tax implications for legally married same-sex couples and those in civil unions.

(Bloomberg) The lessons of the last big revision to the Tax Code in 1986 show it’s going to be harder to get things done this time.

The IRS issued proposed regulations on Friday that provide guidance on the tax credit available to certain small employers that offer health insurance coverage to their employees under Code Section 45R, enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The IRS's Modernized e-File System will shut down from 10 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, August 31, until noon Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, September 3.

A U.S. District Court has ruled against the Internal Revenue Service that a company putting together gift baskets qualifies for a deduction for domestic production activities.

With all the noise about Americans renouncing their citizenship and paying an exit tax just to be freed from what they consider an oppressive tax regime, it’s nice to know that it’s a two-way street.

JTH Holding Inc., the parent company of Liberty Tax Service, said it has received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market indicating it was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements.

Democratic U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen sued the Internal Revenue Service to force the agency to adopt regulations that mirror federal law on determining whether a group should be given tax-exempt status.

The Internal Revenue Service has sent letters to thousands of small business owners recently, questioning whether they underpaid their taxes last year.

Some Internal Revenue Service employees continue to use the term “tax protester” to refer to taxpayers despite a 1998 law prohibiting the use of the designation, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.