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The Internal Revenue Service distributed roughly $1.6 billion in refunds to taxpayers who filed falsified tax returns in 2006 and 2007, despite efforts to stop them, according to a new report from the Treasury Department's inspector general.

Crowe Horwath has signed an agreement with Grobstein Horwath that will effectively merge the two firms.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to increase the fee for obtaining an exact copy of a previously filed and processed tax return with all the attachments.

Online sales tax management provider SpeedTax is partnering with consultancy TaxConnex to offer sales tax automation and consulting services to business clients.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have issued guidance on indirect ownership of preferred stock in mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Optimism among CFOs about the U.S. economy and their own companies fell precipitously in the third quarter, according to a new survey.

The House Committee on Small Business held a hearing on creating opportunities for small businesses in an economic recovery.

The American Institute of CPAs has appointed Alan Einhorn, national director of Deloitte Tax LLP's Quality Assurance Group, as the new chair of its Tax Executive Committee.

An advisory committee on tax information reporting has recommended a number of changes for the Internal Revenue Service to make to improve taxpayer identity protection, disaster reporting and other matters.

The Tax Foundation has selected three videos as winners of a contest that aims to draw attention to the high rate of business taxes in the U.S.