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The Internal Revenue Service will close all of its public operations on five days from now through August because of employee furloughs, IRS Acting Commissioner Steven T. Miller told employees in a memo Friday.

The Internal Revenue Service is offering an updated way to handle problems with the Form 8949, which has been having issues this past tax season.

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., introduced a bill Wednesday that would establish a tax on the trading of stocks and other financial products.

The Internal Revenue Service improperly screens many reports of possible tax fraud submitted by taxpayers and routes them to the wrong place, according to a new government report.

Federal prosecutors in Memphis have charged 24 current and former Internal Revenue Service employees with crimes stemming from fraudulently obtaining more than $250,000 in government benefits.

A pair of senators have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at expanding the use of S corporation employee stock ownership plans, or S ESOPs, to encourage more Americans to save for retirement.

The Internal Revenue Service needs a long-term strategy to improve the interactive services it offers online, according to a new government report.

Wastvedt & Co. has acquired the San Diego-based accounting firm, Advantage Tax and Accounting Services. Deal terms were undisclosed.

The Internal Revenue Service does not always recognize and properly investigate signs of tax fraud, according to a new report, foregoing at least millions of dollars in potential fraud penalties.

The Internal Revenue Service granted a three-month tax filing and payment extension to Boston-area taxpayers and others affected by Monday’s explosions at the Boston Marathon.