Practice Management

The IRS's new Taxpayer Secure Email Program turns out not to be so secure.

IMGCAP(1)]Tax season is here. If you or your clients are among the thousands of Americans who have overpaid their annual tax obligation, you can look forward to a refund from the federal government.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Wednesday on the effectiveness of various tax incentives.

State and local governments saw their tax collections rise in the fourth quarter, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Small businesses are disproportionately affected by measures to close the tax gap—the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid—according to a new study by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy

The Internal Revenue Service should do a better job of safeguarding sensitive taxpayer information from improper disclosure when responding to requests from lenders, according to a new government report.

General Electric is a company that has long been known for innovation going back to the days of founder Thomas Alva Edison, but now some of its greatest innovations may be in the way it avoids paying corporate income taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued interim guidance to employers on the informational reporting requirements on each employee's annual Form W-2 of the cost of the health insurance coverage they sponsor for employees.

IMGCAP(1)]The mantra “it’s who you know” has always been at the heart of successful new business initiatives for accounting firms.

The Internal Revenue Service has provided guidance to tax preparers on the circumstances under which they can be exempted from the electronic filing mandate and mail paper copies of their clients’ tax returns instead.