Practice Management

The Internal Revenue Service has thousands of insecure, unauthorized Web servers connected to its network, putting taxpayer information at risk.

An Iowa man has been indicted for claiming a $240,009 refund of all the taxes he has paid, contending the Internal Revenue Service has no jurisdiction over him because the U.S. is a "fictional entity" and he is a "citizen of heaven."

U.S. and foreign tax rules increasingly influence where multinational companies are reporting their income is being earned, according to a new report that may influence tax legislation in Congress.

The Internal Revenue Service has been asked to investigate James Manning, the pastor of Atlah World Missionary Church in Harlem, and the church's tax-exempt status after Manning repeatedly attacked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., from the pulpit.

The mayor of Raceland, Ky., informed a startled city council at an emergency meeting Wednesday night that the Internal Revenue Service has seized close to $100,000 from the city coffers because of non-payment of 2006-2007 taxes.

Plante & Moran has gone south of the border, opening an office in Monterrey, Mexico.

Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said he planned to co-sponsor a bill that will update the deductible cost of operating a vehicle for charitable purposes.

The Internal Revenue Service is providing tax relief to flood-ravaged victims of Hurricane Gustav in the affected areas of Louisiana by postponing some tax-filing deadlines.

With gasoline taxes much in the news lately, CCH has introduced an online Oil and Gas Taxation Library on its CCH Tax Research NetWork.

Teachers and other school employees returning from summer vacations are dealing with the prospect of an IRS rule change on deferred compensation that could see their taxes increase by 20 percent if they aren't careful.