Tax research

Online bookkeeping service IAC-EZ is offering one month’s free use of its online software and free tax filing for a few lucky small business entrepreneurs.

The Internal Revenue Service has charged PGA champion golfer Jim Thorpe with income tax evasion for failing to pay $1.6 million in back taxes.

When filing a 2008 federal tax return, taxpayers will need to know the amount of their economic stimulus payment to properly determine if they are eligible for a recovery rebate credit.

Did you get your W-2? These documents are essential to filling out most individual tax returns. You should receive a Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, from each of your employers each year.

If the patch for the alternative minimum tax is going to be one of the hurdles holding up reconciliation of the House and Senate versions of the stimulus bill, let’s get rid of it.

CCH has signed a deal with the American Institute of CPAs to sell and distribute AICPA publications to the undergraduate and graduate college market.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said that negotiators from the House and Senate have reached an agreement on the stimulus package.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has some advice for Obama administration officials and erstwhile nominees who have run afoul of the Tax Code, as well as regular taxpayers.

The Senate has approved the economic stimulus bill after three Republican senators agreed to vote for the massive package aimed at reviving the economy.

The problem of companies evading taxes by misclassifying employees as independent contractors appears to be growing.

The Senate plans a crucial procedural vote Monday after a group of moderate senators forged a compromise over the weekend to trim approximately $110 billion from the economic stimulus bill.

The Internal Revenue Service listed several tax credits and benefits available to taxpayers with disabilities as well as the parents of disabled children.

Peoples Income Tax, a local tax prep chain in Virginia, plans to give a break to recently laid-off workers.

Corporate tax executives cited management of the effective tax rate and taxation of international operations as their top two business tax concerns in 2009, according to a new survey.

In the latest sign of tax trouble in the Obama cabinet, Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis’ husband had tax liens filed against him.

The Internal Revenue Service paid between $10 billion and $12 billion in tax year 2006 to taxpayers who erroneously claimed the earned income tax credit despite IRS efforts to step up compliance.

Race car driver and “Dancing with the Stars” champion Helio Castroneves will be facing the music after a judge denied a motion to dismiss some of the counts in his upcoming tax evasion trial.

The Senate has unanimously approved a $15,000 tax credit for individuals who purchase a home in the next year.

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis was arrested after he showed up five hours late to a court hearing in his tax evasion case.

The Internal Revenue Service has reported a nearly 10 percent drop in electronic tax filing from tax professionals so far this season, despite a push by the agency to encourage more e-filing.