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Tax Fraud Blotter: Family Affair
Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases, including one involving multiple generations and ex-wives. Read more »
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IRS Stats Show Major Decline in Capital Gains in '09
June 5, 2013Data from individual income tax returns show that taxpayers realized net capital gains of $914... Read more »
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Republicans See Biased IRS Culture as Democrats Cite Errors
June 4, 2013A partisan divide is developing on how U.S. lawmakers view Internal Revenue Service actions, with... Read more »
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IRS Tries to Pre-Verify Tax Refunds
June 4, 2013The Internal Revenue Service is exploring ways to improve its verification process before issuing... Read more »
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Corporate Tax Pros Concerned about Tax Reform and Transfer Pricing
June 4, 2013Senior tax professionals are most worried about the prospects for U.S federal business tax reform... Read more »
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IRS Spent $4.1 Million at Anaheim Conference
June 4, 2013The Internal Revenue Service’s Small Business and Self-Employed division spent $4.1 million... Read more »
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IRS Appoints New Management
June 4, 2013The Internal Revenue Service announced the selection Tuesday of several senior leaders to assist... Read more »
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Acting IRS Chief Pledges Repairs Before Congressional Panel
June 3, 2013Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel told lawmakers he is working to restore... Read more »
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Tax Court Finds Tax Lien Wasn’t Delivered by Son to Father
June 3, 2013The Tax Court sided with a taxpayer after the IRS Appeals Office sustained the filing of a notice... Read more »
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Let's Never Do that Again
June 1, 2013Virtually all tax preparers were adversely affected by the late start to the 2013 filing season,... Read more »
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Tax Strategy: Coordinating Activities for Both Passive-Loss and Net Investment Tax Purposes
June 1, 2013The principles behind the passive-activity loss limitations rules under Code Sec. 469 and the net... Read more »
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Surviving Tax Season: A Spouse Speaks Out
June 1, 2013Your spouse or partner seems strangely distant or removed, so what's going on? Ponder as you... Read more »
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Creeping Nexus
June 1, 2013As they continue to seek new sources of revenue to deal with tight budgets, states are looking to... Read more »
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Tax Fraud Blotter: Philadelphia Lack of Freedom
June 1, 2013Both of our favorite tax frauds this week are in the City of Brotherly Love. Read more »
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IRS Music Dance Video Released by Congress
May 31, 2013On the heels of the release of the embarrassing Star Trek and Gilligan’s Island spoof... Read more »
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Protecting Clients from Tax-Related Identity Theft
May 31, 2013
Tax-related identity theft is a continuing problem, with the National Tax Advocate reporting that the use of stolen Social Security numbers to collect fraudulent tax refunds increased more than 78 percent from 2011 to 2012, affecting nearly 450,000 individuals. Experian's ProtectMyID service offered the following advice for ways that taxpayers can protect themselves. A trustworthy tax preparer is an important part of the solution.
Tax Season by the Numbers
May 22, 2013
The IRS recently released statistics covering the year to May 10, 2013
The Art of the Tax Cartoon
April 9, 2013
A selection of tax cartoons from Philly tax firm Drucker & Scaccetti's 'Finding Humor in Taxes' exhibit
Tax Quiz: Bonus Round
April 5, 2013
One last chance to test your tax knowledge with these final questions from the experts at the National Association of Tax Professionals.
Tax Quiz: Round One
March 11, 2013
Test your tax knowledge with these questions from the experts at the National Association of Tax Professionals.
Strangest Tax Laws
March 5, 2013
State lawmakers can certainly think of some strange tax laws. The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters recently produced its annual list of "quirky" sales and use tax laws from the past year.
