Tax practice

The Internal Revenue Service has begun providing the initial set of test results and certificates to tax preparers who have registered for the new tax return preparer competency test.

Anxious taxpayers awaiting their delayed tax refunds are in some isolated cases taking out their frustrations on their tax preparers.

The Senate adopted an amendment to a larger highway transportation bill on Thursday aimed at cracking down on foreign tax havens.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to consider changing the tax treatment of closely held businesses in the context of overall tax reform efforts.

President Obama pressed for business tax reform in a speech before a group of business executives.

Online accounting industry directory CPAdirectory.com has launched Ask a CPA, a free iPhone and iPad app designed to help consumers, businesses, and accounting and tax professionals with relevant tax and accounting related research and questions.

The Internal Revenue Service is expanding its “Fresh Start” initiative to help more unemployed and financially stressed taxpayers with installment agreements and relief from failure-to-file penalties.

The Internal Revenue Service has revised two forms used by bond issuers.

Swiss lawmakers have passed a tax proposal seen as key to settling a U.S. probe into Swiss banks with hidden offshore accounts.

The Internal Revenue Service is providing tips to help taxpayers avoid a new tax scam involving bogus college tuition tax credits.

A former Internal Revenue Service agent turned tax preparer has been accused of ordering the killings of two witnesses against him who were scheduled to testify against him for preparing bogus tax returns and stealing clients’ tax refunds.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division needs to strengthen its controls over the undercover operations used to detect and probe criminal tax activities, according to a new government report.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's new software system for handling electronic tax returns has experienced problems during the tax filing season, angering some taxpayers whose refunds have been delayed.

The Internal Revenue Service’s National Tax Forums are now open for registration.

The Internal Revenue Service is providing an update on the status of the tax refund delays that plagued the agency this season.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning senior citizens, working families, church members and other potential victims to beware of an emerging tax scam that tempts them into filing fraudulent tax returns claiming bogus refunds.

The Internal Revenue Service is facing renewed pressure over its reluctance to grant tax-exempt status to political fundraising and advocacy organizations, particularly Tea Party-affiliated groups.

On April 1, the tax rate for U.S. corporations will go from second highest to the highest tax rate in the world. That’s when Japan will lower its rate by five points from its current 39.5 percent.

A self-employed New Mexico tax preparer has been sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for failing to file tax returns for four years in a row.

Senator Carl Levin, D-Mich., has proposed closing a tax loophole that would give Facebook an estimated $3 billion tax break on stock options for CEO Mark Zuckerberg.