Tax practice

Edvard Munch, the painter of “The Scream,” was no big fan of the Norwegian tax authorities.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced legislation that would increase the penalties on tax preparers who defraud taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service by altering tax returns for personal benefit without their clients’ knowledge.

State tax officials are expanding their concept of what constitutes a taxable economic presence in their state as more economic activity moves online.

Taxpayers whose identities are stolen receive confusing and conflicting instructions from the Internal Revenue Service and delays of up to a year before their tax problems are resolved, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration were urged during a congressional hearing Tuesday to take further steps to curb identity theft-related tax fraud.

What Stephen King's recent article on the Buffett Rule reveals about debates over taxes and government spending in the U.S.

Uncertainty lingers over whether Congress will extend all or some of the tax cuts and incentives set to expire at the end of the year.

The Internal Revenue Service saved approximately $10.2 million in equipment costs in fiscal year 2011 by implementing virtual server technology, according to a new government report.

The General Services Administration is now coming under scrutiny for offering government contractors a tax deduction in exchange for giving the agency 19 percent of the money from the tax break.

Things don’t look so good for Amazon laws. The laws, which are the efforts of states to extend nexus to cover sales from remote vendors, have suffered several setbacks in recent weeks.

The Tax Code has contributed to rising income inequality in recent decades as middle- and lower-income Americans have seen their incomes stagnate while the wealthiest have experienced staggering income growth, according to a new report.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, is questioning the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department about why they are taking so long to process and pay tax whistleblower rewards.

A group representing private equity firms is asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to streamline the process for following the requirements Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and allow them flexibility in case an investor proves to be recalcitrant in providing information.

The Internal Revenue Service identified 279,500 tax-exempt organizations that did not file a return or notice for three consecutive years, but it potentially did not identify more than 15,000 organizations that failed to file for three consecutive years, according to a new government report.

There are opportunities for the Internal Revenue Service to cut the costs of fingerprinting at lockbox bank locations, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have decided to delay for a year the proposed effective date for basis reporting by brokers for debt instruments and options.

The upcoming expiration of the Bush-era tax rates at the end of the year is already starting to produce its share of anxiety along with outsize forecasts of financial disruption.

A roundup of recent tax news.

Federal and state tax amnesty programs bring in revenue, but at a price

Columnists Jones and Luscombe on 2012 tax planning