Tax practice

The Internal Revenue Service has released final regulations on the treatment of gains recognized on stock in certain foreign corporations upon distributions.

The advocacy group Common Cause has filed a whistleblower complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against the American Legislative Exchange Council, a tax-exempt organization that promotes business-friendly legislation.

A trip to the post office on Tax Day isn't the same as it used to be.

Lee Storey, the producer and director of an award-winning documentary about the singing group “Up with People,” scored a major victory for filmmakers in a ruling by the U.S. Tax Court.

CCH has added two new treatises on estate planning and research and development tax incentives to its CCH Expert Treatise Library.

The American Society of Tax Problem Solvers has launched a program with 70 of the group’s member firms to help returning combat veterans get their tax problems resolved.

The Internal Revenue Service said in an email to tax professionals Friday that the Freedom of Information Act requires the IRS to release certain information about Preparer Tax Identification Number holders.

The manager of an H&R Block branch in Southern California has been charged with using the identities of his former tax preparation clients to file false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a reminder to tax-exempt organizations not to include Social Security Numbers on publicly disclosed forms.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Sprint Nextel for over $300 million, accusing the wireless phone carrier of deliberately under-collecting and underpaying millions of dollars in New York state and local sales taxes on flat-rate access charges for wireless calling plans.

A Jersey City school teacher has been arrested by special agents working for the IRS’s Criminal Investigation division after he was charged with allegedly preparing fraudulent income tax returns for clients and failing to report some of the income he earned from preparing tax returns.

It’s been said that you can’t tell the players without a scorecard. Where I need a scorecard is to figure out which tax provisions expired at the end of 2011, and those slated to give up the ghost at the end of 2012. Luckily, the Joint Economic Committee has a Web site that lists all of the expiring provisions of recent memory, together with the dates they expired or will expire.

The House has approved Republican-backed legislation to provide a tax cut of up to 20 percent for one year to companies with fewer than 500 employees.

Internal Revenue Service and Treasury officials faced questions from Congress on Thursday over how well the IRS is responding to taxpayer identity theft concerns and efforts to close the growing tax gap.

Budget cuts at the Internal Revenue Service are taking a toll on the agency’s ability to safeguard against identity theft and close the tax gap, according to the head of the employees union.

An economist has been charged with evading payment of approximately $500,000 in income taxes over a 22-year period, citing religious objections.

The large differences in excise tax rates for various smoking products are prompting consumers with a tobacco habit to shift their smoking habits to pipes and larger cigars, according to a new government study.

Financial executives in the medical device industry say the new excise tax included in the health care reform law will take a major impact on reducing their bottom line, according to a new survey by KPMG.

Out-of-work job seekers may be surprised when they find that IRS records show they not only already have work but are due a refund.

With Democrats and Republicans in Congress battling over competing tax legislation this week, one new bill should be able to attract bipartisan support.