Tax practice

The Senate Finance Committee has dropped a provision for regulating tax preparers from legislation that would curb identity theft and tax fraud.

This probably will beggar belief for the millions of Americans struggling to meet this year's April 18 deadline to file their income tax returns, but the Internal Revenue Service says it has gotten better at handling taxpayer questions.

Group of 20 economies threatened to penalize havens that don’t share information on their banking clients after the leak of the Panama Papers provoked a global uproar over tax evasion.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning tax professionals about a new scam in which cybercriminals obtain remote control of tax preparers’ computer systems, complete and file client tax returns, and redirect tax refunds to thieves’ accounts.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and his wife earned $205,271 in adjusted gross income in 2014 and paid $27,653 in taxes—an effective rate of about 13.5 percent, according to documents released Friday.

President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, reported adjusted gross income of $436,065 for 2015, down 8.7 percent from the previous year, according to tax returns released Friday by the White House.

A roundup of some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Many CPAs are involved with estate planning and need to determine the assets and liabilities of a client.

Most people think of April as income-tax month for individuals, but it’s also the biggest business tax-filing month of the year. Why? Because four out of every five U.S. businesses are “pass-throughs,” meaning they are taxed on individual returns at individual rates.

Congress passed a law 18 years ago requiring reforms at the Internal Revenue Service that still remain overdue today, according to a new government report.

Why would anyone spend $24 million to buy a 1 percent stake in the New York Yankees? Minority ownership seems like a lose-lose proposition: A lot of money for very little power. For wealthy sports fans, though, it’s cool—and can be one heck of a tax shelter.

It's impossible to imagine the IRS ever changing its image. Or is it? Three leading global design and brand strategy firms give it a try.

At the post office in Lawrence, Kansas, filing your taxes used to be an excuse to party.

As the days tick down until the end of tax season, some clients need some gentle urging to get their taxes done, or at least to file for a six-month extension.

The American Institute of CPAs is pushing for legislation that would make it easier for employees who work across state lines to do their taxes.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing Thursday on proposals to limit tax breaks for employers who provide health care for employees.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen defended the IRS’s cybersecurity efforts during a contentious congressional hearing Thursday on the IRS’s ability to protect taxpayer systems.

National tax preparation chains are exploiting the working poor by forcing them to spend a significant portion of the Earned Income Tax Credit just to pay for filing their taxes, according to a new report, and H&R Block is firing back.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation, co-sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, that would require the Internal Revenue Service to develop a free, online tax preparation and filing service that taxpayers could use to prepare and file their taxes directly with the federal government.