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Holes in a proposed gun tax; IRS budget-to-be; offshore account troubles; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Lower courts have disagreed whether non-willful failure-to-disclose penalties are on per-account or a per-form basis.

The information covers forms for reported excise taxes on certain polluting chemicals and substances.

The service first offered the ability to file amended returns in 2020.

NTA Erin Collins expressed concern Wednesday about continuing delays by the service in processing tax returns filed on paper last year.

Partners’ pay as a retention tool; volunteering to file; the global tax debate; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The service said that as of June 10, it had processed more than 4.5 million of the more than 4.7 million individual paper returns received in 2021.

The court agreed to decide how steep the penalties are for people who fail to file required reports with the federal government listing their foreign bank accounts.

The pandemic and new IRS priorities are creating new opportunities for practitioners.

The Internal Revenue Service, facing criticism over long hold times and disconnects when taxpayers try to reach its offices, is adding more options for callers to reach automated voice bots that can respond to their requests sooner.

A congressional appropriations committee wants to give the Internal Revenue Service $1 billion more in funding to improve taxpayer service and technology and make the overall tax system fairer.

IRS statistics paint a picture of how small businesses were impacted by COVID-19 in 2020, and more.

Taxes versus budgets; meaning of gross taxable income; new blog in town; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a revised Audit Technique Guide to help examining agents evaluate the validity of cost segregation studies submitted by taxpayers to substantiate accelerated depreciation deductions.

From Malta to Puerto Rico, the IRS has scoured the world for its annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of the worst tax schemes.

The Internal Revenue Service gave out far less money last year to tax whistleblowers than in recent years and collected much less as well, according to a new report.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is raising the alarm about identity thieves and fraudsters with a pair of public service announcements on YouTube.

With gas prices rising, the service announced an unscheduled increase.

The stars of a long-running cable TV series were also found guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans.

Newly released IR-2022-89 can help business clients avoid tax trouble.