Tax research

President Bush said he would sign into law the economic stimulus package passed by Congress.

The Internal Revenue Service has improved its online refund-tracking tool and tax information publication.

A survey of leading corporate tax executives predicts that taxes will not be a major issue in Congress in 2008, apart from the one-year alternative minimum tax patch and the one-year extenders package.

Kellogg & Andelson Accountancy Corp. has acquired the Los Angeles office of a subsidiary of UHY Advisors.

The Senate and the House have passed an economic stimulus package that adds tax rebates for 20 million senior citizens and 250,000 disabled veterans to a package passed by the House last week.

New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter has reportedly settled his tax problems with the State of New York.

Gilman Ciocia has acquired Kelchlin Business Services, an accounting firm located in the Buffalo, N.Y., suburb of Depew.

The Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service have moved several boxes on Form W-2.

The White House has issued its budget for the coming year, and as usual it is already drawing complaints.

The Bush administration's budget proposals include a number of tax provisions, so the Treasury Department has released an explanation of the fiscal year 2009 revenue proposals, also known as the Bluebook.

A federal appeals court in Boston has upheld the conviction and 51-month jail sentence of Richard Hatch, the first-season winner of Survivor, on tax evasion charges.

Thomson Tax & Accounting has debuted OneSource Tax, a portal that helps corporate tax departments access tax tools, manage their workflow and keep track of information.

Actor Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy, but was found guilty on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file a tax return for three years.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance on new pension-funding rules included in the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Accountants Mike Karlins and Glea Ramey have purchased the Woodlands, Texas office of UHY Advisors TX and opened an independent firm, Karlins & Ramey LLC, CPAs.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued changes to the 2007 instructions for Form 1040 and Form 1040NR because of the Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007.

Taxpayers in the United Kingdom faced problems filing their taxes in time for the deadline when the government's Inland Revenue site returned error messages.

The Senate Finance Committee held hearings on the nomination of Douglas Shulman to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.

The American Institute of CPAs told the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department of its strong opposition to tax patents in a letter commenting on proposed regulations.

Congress can't seem to agree on what to do about an economic stimulus package, which could mire the effort to produce an effective package in time to do some good.