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The Internal Revenue Service is allowing taxpayers to create online accounts through a live, virtual interview with agents, instead of submitting a selfie or other biometric data, after a backlash erupted over privacy concerns.

The service is expanding its capacity to process tax returns following criticisms from members of Congress about taxpayers waiting months for refunds.

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The Internal Revenue Service had a backlog of over 17 million unprocessed tax returns from last year as of early February as the agency copes with an unprecedented workload during the current tax season.

The IRS is warning preparers about an email scheme that aims to steal their software logins.

The Internal Revenue Service is providing relief from filing a Schedule K-2 or K-3 information report this year for some partnerships without foreign activities.

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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.

The agency is halting automated collection notices, balance due notices and unfiled tax return notices, after coming under pressure from lawmakers and tax professionals to first catch up on its backlog.

The Internal Revenue Service issued new guidance for taxpayers and tax practitioners submitting claims for refunds involving the research credit.

The IRS is going after the gig economy, dramatically lowering the threshold for reporting income outside traditional workplaces.

The service is setting up so-called “surge teams,” temporarily moving approximately 1,200 employees with previous experience back into key areas from other parts of the agency.