Tax practice

The House held a hearing Thursday to discuss small business perspectives on the tax cliff, hearing testimony from a representative of the American Institute of CPAs and other witnesses.

An Internal Revenue Service program that is supposed to be able to refer potential tax fraud cases to IRS criminal investigators needs to be improved, according to a new report.

The likelihood of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service has its strongest impact on laxly governed companies and fosters corporate truthfulness not just in confidential tax returns, but in public financial reports, according to new research.

A high-ranking Internal Revenue Service official told a congressional panel that the agency is not planning to use tactics like tax liens and levies to make sure taxpayers are properly complying with the new health care reform law.

CCH has published a special report comparing the tax policies and proposals of President Barack Obama with his Republican rival Mitt Romney.

Corporations are setting aside more money in their reserves for uncertain tax positions than they are actually paying to the federal government, according to a new study.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun previewing a set of draft forms to help taxpayers and banks comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Bradley Birkenfeld, the former UBS AG banker who told the Internal Revenue Service how the bank helped thousands of Americans evade taxes, secured an IRS award of $104 million, an amount his lawyers said may be the largest ever for an individual U.S. whistleblower.

A federal judge in Worcester, Mass., has sentenced William Scott Dion of Sanbornville, N.H., to 84 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and for obstructing the IRS.

The Facebook farewell message of departing IRS Return Preparer Office director David Williams has prompted a number of good wishes and gratitude for his work.

Financial Executives International has begun scoring members of Congress on how well their votes match FEI’s legislative priorities.

The Internal Revenue Service does not yet have enough information to determine whether its self-assistance and virtual services are providing efficient and effective customer service to taxpayers.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney cited a group of economic studies to show that his tax-cut plan won’t increase the U.S. budget deficit or shift the tax burden to middle-income taxpayers.

Tax departments are being excluded from discussions about whether it’s a good idea for their companies to move into cloud computing, despite security concerns.

A California woman has been sentenced to prison for claiming and receiving unemployment benefits while working full-time for the Internal Revenue Service.

President Barack Obama critiqued his rival Mitt Romney's tax reform plans during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, comparing Republican proposals to a doctor's standard prescription.

If there’s a shortage of tax preparers for the 2014 season, it won’t be for lack of education providers.

The Internal Revenue Service provided guidance to Indian tribes on the tax treatment of the legal settlements over the federal government’s mismanagement of their trust funds.

Former President Bill Clinton delivered a scathing indictment of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s economic and tax plans to an enthusiastic crowd at the Democratic National Convention, exhorting the crowd to re-elect President Barack Obama.

Bain Capital LLC and Apollo Global Management LLC are among the private equity firms subpoenaed by New York’s attorney general in an investigation into whether they are depriving the state of tax revenue, according to two people familiar with the matter.