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The Internal Revenue Service has been getting an average of more than 50,000 extra phone calls per day as a result of questions about the economic stimulus payment, and has received 379,000 tax returns from individuals filing solely to receive the stimulus payment.

Value-added reseller Net@Work has acquired Integral Computer Services and Brian Shube Consulting, expanding its Sage Software enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and accounting practices.

The Internal Revenue Service said it would open many of its offices for another Saturday to help taxpayers who don't normally file tax returns receive their economic stimulus payments.

Lisa Hrizco Blechman of Santa Clarita Valley, Calif., apologized at her sentencing hearing for trying to sick her two dogs on an IRS employee who taped a summons on her front door.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations for determining whether income is derived from sources within a U.S. possession or territory, and whether it is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within a territory.

Treasury Inspector General Faults IRS Security

The Internal Revenue Service is postponing its tax-filing deadline for victims of the recent floods, storms and tornadoes in four states.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for new members to apply for its Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee, including tax preparers.

The Justice Department's Tax Division hailed its victory in what it called an "important tax shelter case" that was decided in a Texas district court.

Senate Democratic and Republican leaders have reached a compromise on a bill to provide tax breaks and refinancing assistance to beleaguered homeowners hit by the mortgage crisis.