Practice Management

The Internal Revenue Service has not been revoking the Preparer Tax Identification Numbers of thousands of tax preparers who fail to comply with IRS rules and their own tax-filing and payment obligations, according to a new report.

Bloomberg BNA has released an analysis of the state tax challenges associated with cloud computing.

Senior tax executives are preparing for changes in the tax landscape as a result of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s base erosion and profit shifting project.

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday the number of tax returns electronically filed by businesses increased nearly 9 percent this year, continuing the growth in the number of corporate and partnership returns filed electronically.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging him to recover the tax benefits earned by Volkswagen for the cars it sold that turned out to have their emissions tests rigged, but without penalizing the taxpayers who had purchased the supposedly energy efficient vehicles and claimed tax credits for them.

Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal released a tax reform plan that would require all Americans to pay taxes.

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday examining the rising costs of higher education and tax policy, including how tax breaks could be a contributing factor behind spiraling tuition costs.

British Petroleum will be able to write off $15.3 billion of the $20.8 billion settlement of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an advocacy group.

The Internal Revenue Service is offering tax relief to victims of the historic flooding in recent days in South Carolina.

The Internal Revenue Service has made only limited progress to date in eliminating the unnecessary use of Social Security Numbers in tax forms, letters and notices, according to a new report, leaving taxpayers exposed to potential identity theft.