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The Internal Revenue Service updated its frequently asked questions page on higher education emergency grants for pandemic-related financial aid, with new information for students and educational institutions.

The service has overhauled Form 14457 as it cracks down on the use of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to evade taxes.

Joshua Jarrett hopes to make the IRS clarify its position on the taxability of the rewards.

The page aims to provide the latest about the current tax season, and the agency’s efforts to deal with the backlog of millions of previously filed returns.

Crypto miners and stakers will be exempt from rules requiring digital-asset brokers to turn over information on their clients’ transactions to the IRS.

The average refund issued so far this year is $2,201, down about $600 from the typical refund issued last year, according to the IRS.

Keep your fingers crossed, but initial reports suggest things are going smoothly so far.

A group led by Sen. Mike Crapo is asking the IRS to do all it can to help taxpayers this tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service is pointing to some of the successes with pro bono clinics that represented nearly 20,000 taxpayers in 2020 who faced a tax dispute with the agency, despite the pandemic.