IRS Watch
Check back here frequently for the latest news on tax developments and new rules and regulations from the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS is always producing regulations and guidance for tax preparers and practitioners to follow, while increasingly coordinating on an international basis with tax authorities abroad on both individual and business tax compliance.
IRS Warns Taxpayers with Foreign Assets of Filing Obligations
The Internal Revenue Service issued a reminder Thursday to U.S. citizens and resident aliens, in addition to dual citizens, that their tax-filing deadline is approaching. Read more »
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More Tax Preparers File Brief in Support of Lawsuit against IRS
May 24, 2013A group of tax practitioners, including CPAs and Enrolled Agents, along with a former IRS agent... Read more »
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GAO Offers Suggestions for Improving IRS Examinations
May 24, 2013The Internal Revenue Service, currently under fire in Congress for its screening of applications... Read more »
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IRS Exempt Organization Director Lois Lerner Replaced on an Acting Basis
May 23, 2013Lois Lerner, the mid-level Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the controversy... Read more »
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Dynamic Tension in the Tax World
May 23, 2013What do the Senate hearings on offshore profit shifting and a Supreme Court case decided on May... Read more »
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IRS Hearings Express Lawmakers’ Outrage
May 23, 2013The first round of congressional hearings on the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of... Read more »
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IRS’s Lerner Will Invoke Her Constitutional Right to Silence
May 22, 2013Lois Lerner, the mid-level Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a controversy over... Read more »
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Shulman ‘Regrets’ Tea Party Targeting
May 21, 2013Douglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said he was... Read more »
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Relief in Wake of Oklahoma Tornadoes
May 21, 2013Following the massive tornado in Oklahoma, the IRS has provided tax relief to individuals and... Read more »
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Supreme Court Says U.K. Windfall Tax Creditable
May 21, 2013The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has held that a one-time U.K. windfall tax paid by... Read more »
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IRS Releases 2013 Tax Season Stats
May 21, 2013Updated statistics from the IRS show continued growth in e-filing of returns. Read more »
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IRS Debuts Discovery Tool for International Taxpayers
May 17, 2013The Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business & International division and its Wage and... Read more »
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IRS to Refund Fees for Canceled Tax Preparer Tests
May 17, 2013The Internal Revenue Service said it would refund fees collected for registered tax return... Read more »
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Outgoing IRS Chief Miller Denies Targeting at Congressional Hearing
May 17, 2013Steven Miller, who is being forced out as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service,... Read more »
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Group Challenges IRS Tax-Exempt Criteria
May 17, 2013The advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is continuing to press... Read more »
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