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Only a tiny fraction of those who could file their taxes for free are actually accessing the no-cost program, according to a new watchdog report.

The service has been under pressure from Congress and accounting groups to perform better as another hectic tax season comes to a close.

The Employer-Provided Child Care Credit can save employers with eligible expenses more money in taxes than using a deduction alone, and it also helps employees, according to a new report.

Much of the data necessary for compliance is unavailable, according to a new report.

A GAO report finds that the regulations were burdensome for multinational companies, even though they saved through lower tax rates.

Estimates suggest that the total of the net operating loss refunds may eventually top $25 billion.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to take action to avoid processing delays this filing season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new government report.

Colleges and universities that changed from for-profit businesses into tax-exempt nonprofits are prompting questions about the continuing involvement of former owners and officials.

There are signs of a slowdown in the economy as businesses continue to struggle with rising COVID-19 infections across the country.

The pandemic is throwing a monkey wrench into plans for the Internal Revenue Service to reorganize itself to provide better taxpayer service.

Internal Revenue Service commissioner Chuck Rettig heard complaints from lawmakers about their constituents missing stimulus payments.

But the federal government has been able to correct some of its earlier missteps, like sending millions of stimulus checks to the deceased, according to the Government Accountability Office.

The Trump administration said it’s recovered almost 70 percent of $1.6 billion in relief payments mistakenly sent to dead people.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is working on developing new standards for state and local governments to use under its new chair, Joel Black, while responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Disclosures of nonfinancial information, such as environmental, social and governance issues, aren’t always “clear or useful,” according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.

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The head of a federal watchdog agency had some direct experience with the shortcomings of one of the coronavirus stimulus programs — a check from the IRS made out to his late mother.

Federal agencies are increasingly sending incorrect benefit payments to Americans, a government watchdog said as the Internal Revenue Service prepares to send more than $292 billion in direct payments to households as part of the government’s coronavirus response.

Senator Bernie Sanders is proposing hiking taxes on executive retirement plans and using the extra revenue to aid struggling worker pension plans.

The Internal Revenue Service is confronting challenges with administering and ensuring compliance with the business provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, although it has made a considerable amount of progress in implementing them, according to a new government report.