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A group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to roll back guidance from the Treasury Department that prohibits employers from using stand-alone health reimbursement arrangements to reimburse employees for health care-related expenses.

A Bulgarian hacker has admitted to participating in a $6 million fraudulent tax return scheme in which he used tax-filing information stolen from at least four major CPA firms in the U.S.

The New Jersey Tax Court denied Morristown Medical Center a property tax exemption because it did not operate like a non-profit.

Arkansas taxpayers who were victims of severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that began two months ago may qualify for tax relief from the IRS.

The Obama administration quietly handed a victory to U.S. companies that avoid taxes by claiming a foreign address, suggesting that virtually all of them are still eligible for government contracts.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

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

Bethesda-based accounting firm Romano & Mitchell, Chartered, has agreed to merge in with Dembo Jones. The combined firm will operate under the Dembo Jones name.

The Justice Department said Friday that British Petroleum has agreed to pay a record-breaking $18.7 billion settlement to resolve claims related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, but advocacy groups are warning that the settlement is largely tax deductible for BP.

The Federal Trade Commission says that 2014 marked the fifth consecutive year that tax-related identity theft was the most common form of reported identity theft.