Practice Management

Just over 50 percent of Americans anticipate they will receive a refund on either their federal or state income tax return this year, according to a new survey, and of those 63 percent said they plan to save or invest at least part of the money.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving extra time to taxpayers who lived in some of the countries caught up in the “Arab Spring” upheavals in the Middle East.

Congress passed legislation Friday extending the payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits, and the “doc fix” for Medicare physician reimbursements through the remainder of the year.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has cracked down on a pair of Southern California tax preparers accused of stealing their clients’ tax refunds.

There hasn’t been a federal budget in three years, so what’s to worry about the just-released budget for fiscal year 2013?

The Internal Revenue Service has released a clarification for how to report credit and debit card transactions on the new Form 1099-K information-reporting form.

House and Senate negotiators have released a conference committee report spelling out several of the provisions of the payroll tax cut extension legislation, which also extends unemployment benefits and the “doc fix” for Medicare reimbursements for physicians.

The Internal Revenue Service released its annual list Thursday of the “Dirty Dozen” tax scams that taxpayers should be aware of this year, particularly during tax season.

Open-source accounting and enterprise resource planning software developer Open Systems Inc. has acquired its longtime reseller InterMicro, effectively retaining all of its staff and two offices in Greenville, S.C., and Edmond, Okla.

IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman warned tax executives that they face substantial tax risks from uncertain tax positions, international enforcement efforts, and impermanent tax credits that expire every year or two.