Tax practice

The IRS has announced that victims of Tropical Storm Debby may qualify for relief from certain deadlines.

The IRS is reminding taxpayers to keep in mind the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to help them offset some day camp expenses.

When a taxpayer receives a notice of intent to levy, the taxpayer can pay the amount due and file a claim for refund, request an audit reconsideration, file for an offer in compromise or request a collection due process hearing.

The Internal Revenue Service has released new information on the difference between tips and service charges.

The Internal Revenue Service’s art appraisal experts are not subject to either a comprehensive quality review program or continuing education requirements specifically devoted to appraising art, according to a new government report.

An Oregon tax preparer has been sentenced to six months in prison for using his clients’ personal information to defraud them and the Internal Revenue Service.

The Taxpayer Advocate Service does not have a formal process for tracking or analyzing the calls it receives from taxpayers calling its toll-free phone line for help with their IRS problems, according to a new report.

Three overseas advocacy organizations are responding positively to the Internal Revenue Service’s recent move to help dual citizens living abroad.

Former NFL wide receiver Johnnie Morton Jr., who used to play for the Detroit Lions, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, was sentenced Monday to two years’ probation for lying to a federal grand jury during an Internal Revenue Service criminal investigation.

The Internal Revenue Service does not always control or quickly process referrals alleging that tax-exempt organizations are potentially violating federal tax law, according to a new report.

The Tax Court has denied a married couple a charitable contribution deduction for the value of a house they donated to a local fire department for training purposes.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve the testing of its new Customer Account Data Engine, according to a new report.

Court rulings explore when IRS regulations are due deference.

Highlights in tax news

Three bills before Congress could offer small businesses some tax help.

The House and Senate passed a highway bill Friday that contains provisions to prevent a doubling of the interest rates for subsidized Stafford student loans.

An outside advisory committee to the Internal Revenue Service is asking the agency to reinforce its standards for security, privacy and fraud prevention, including “phantom prepared” returns.

Well, now we know the answer. The individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the Administration has variously said was a both a tax and not a tax, is, in fact, a tax. That’s what the Supreme Court has called it, as a reason for finding it constitutional.

The House Judiciary Committee’s Crime Subcommittee held a hearing Thursday on the growing problem of identity theft and income tax preparation fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service mails lien notices to taxpayers in a timely manner as required by law, but does not always follow its own regulations for notifying taxpayer representatives and processing undelivered lien notices, according to a new report.