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Taxpayers are willing to go through more steps when preparing their tax returns, such as confirming their identifications and proving additional documentation, if it can help combat tax fraud and identity theft, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Free File Alliance have reached a new five-year agreement to continue providing free tax preparation software for 70 percent of tax filers.

The CPA Consultants’ Alliance has approved a slate of new officers following CPACA’s annual meeting in Tampa, Fla., and issued a new report on the most pressing issues for 2015 for CPA consultants.

A Kalamazoo, Mich., tax preparer who billed herself as the “#1 Tax Lady” has been indicted on multiple counts of tax fraud.

An accounting scandal, a failed merger and the departure of top executives would normally make a company toxic to acquirers. Not for Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the subject of a $11 billion bidding war that drove the drugmaker’s stock close to its highest-ever price.

Nearly half of all American adults believe that the deadline to register for 2015 health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act has expired, a new survey has found.

Fifty-five percent of Americans expect to receive a refund on their taxes this year and nearly 37 percent will use their refund to pay off debt, according to a new poll.

Tax season has always been the best time of the year for me to get new business. The reason is that there is much less competition.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

In a last-minute push before a special enrollment begins Sunday, officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Treasury Department Friday wanted to remind consumers to sign up for coverage and avoid fees seen in this year’s tax season.