Practice Management

Intuit is helping taxpayers in Alabama after errors were uncovered in its state income tax software that led some taxpayers to inadvertently overpay or underpay their taxes.

A federal grand jury indicted Thursday a former special agent who worked in the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit, charging her with filing false tax returns, theft of government money and obstructing a federal investigation.

For tax preparers getting ready for tax season, the environment has changed, according to Annie Schwab, tax manager at Padgett Business Services.

The Internal Revenue Service has released its work plan for the coming year outlining its priorities for examinations and audits of tax-exempt organizations.

The Internal Revenue Service still has some work to do to strengthen the controls over its Electronic Authentication Process after criminals gained access to an estimated 724,000 taxpayer accounts through its online Get Transcript application last year, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service spent $12 million to subscribe to a Microsoft enterprise email system that it was ultimately unable to use, according to a new report.

Accounting firm management expert Gary Shamis is departing BDO USA LLP to found his own consultancy, Winding River Consulting, in Cleveland.

The United Arab Emirates is setting up a federal tax authority that will be in charge of collecting levies, as the oil-rich Gulf nation seeks to diversify its revenue base with value-added taxation.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Parsing the new partnership audit rules