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The Internal Revenue Service closes an unusually high percentage of audits of S corporation tax returns with no recommended adjustments, suggesting that many of the audits are unnecessary and unproductive, according to a new government report.

Missing and incomplete documentation for the Adoption Tax Credit prompted the Internal Revenue Service to delay processing 43,295 claims for the credit and approve more than $11 million in erroneous claims, according to a new report.

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on legislation to force online retailers to charge sales taxes to customers, even as industry groups banded together to oppose the bill and others like it.

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee introduced legislation Tuesday to extend the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit and the American Opportunity Tax Credit for tuition and related expenses.

House Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday to prevent the Bush tax cuts from expiring.

Cloud accounting software provider Wave Accounting has launched new tools to connect accountants and bookkeepers with Wave's nearly 300,000 small business customers, in an effort to help the accounting community grow their business, as well as that of the company.

An increasing number of business entities, including investment funds like the Carlyle Group, along with private hedge funds, private equity firms and venture capital funds, largely escape Internal Revenue Service audits due to the way they are organized, according to a new report.

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Top 100 Firm Moss Adams, LLP agreed to merge with Rabanal & Smith, LLP for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to close on Aug. 1.

New estimates from Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation indicate that millionaires would benefit a disproportionate amount from extending the tax cuts for income at all levels.