Tax preparation

Kicking off the New Year with: Four Good Tax Moves; “Tax Offender of the Year; “Social Media Checklist for Tax Preparers;” and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The annual question has come around again: How much should you charge clients for preparing and filing their returns?

Stealing from Toys for Tots, inflated refunds, Honduran birth certificates and more from our favorite recent cases.

The tax prep chain is offering qualified customers an "Express Refund Advance" of up to $1,300.

The new promotions feature "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm, and started earlier than usual.

The owner of a small tax practice shows how everyone can make a difference in the fight against this scourge.

More last-minute tax strategies to cram in before Dec. 31; an overview of prevalent tax scams; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The IRS has tips for tax preparers to prevent identity theft in the approaching filing season.

SmartVault, which makes online document management and secure client portal solutions, has debuted an e-signature solution.

Teaching your nieces to file false returns; thousands of gallons of fake gas purchases; and other highlights of our favorite recent cases.

The IRS announced that one of its filing pages for nonprofits will be closed for maintenance over the next few weeks.

Three firms discuss how tax workflow platforms increased efficiency.

When snow removal is taxable, and other highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The IRS has set prescribed rates for federal income tax purposes in Revenue Ruling 2017-02.

Tax prep chain giants Liberty Tax and H&R Block separately released their financials from the second quarter of fiscal 2017, which ended on Oct. 31.