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The nine new representatives represent a wide range of stakeholder constituencies.

Barry Melancon is warning that the backlog at the service threatens to make this tax season a difficult one for tax professionals and their clients.

When filing season begins in two weeks, taxpayers should be prepared for delays as returns and refunds are processed, and for difficulties in reaching the IRS.

The IRS will begin processing and accepting 2021 returns on Monday, Jan. 24, with a filing deadline of Monday, April 18.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its guidance on claiming the Recovery Rebate Credit and issued a report Friday on how it responded last year to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Biden administration is poised to specify which cryptocurrency firms will be forced to report reams of customer data to the Internal Revenue Service, said people familiar with the matter.

The Internal Revenue Service expanded the transition period from 30 to 45 days to provide evidence to back up tax refund claims involving the research and development credit, while issuing new guidance.

Biggest offenders; problems with relief; what to do this year; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The service has revised Form 1024 to permit electronic filing and is beginning to require applications for tax-exempt status to be e-filed.

The Internal Revenue Service should improve the way it scans for cybersecurity vulnerabilities and remediates the ones it finds, according to a new report.

A scathing new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration calls into question the ability of the IRS to protect its mass of data.

The service has been stepping up its efforts to provide tax information and resources to underserved communities, but more work is needed, according to a new report.

The biz climate in all 50; extend them not; when partners won’t commit; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service sometimes took years to resolve cases involving employee misconduct, instead of the required six months, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service has been expanding its telework programs during the pandemic while also trying to fend off cyberattacks.

The Internal Revenue Service will now provide publicly available information on tax-exempt organizations only through its TEOS search engine starting Dec. 31, 2021, and no longer through Amazon Web Services.

The service issued an early-release version this month of instructions for IRS Form 6765, “Credit for Increasing Research Activities.”

The correspondence will include important information for completing their 2021 tax returns.

Victims of Hurricane Ida in six states now have until Feb. 15 to file various individual and business federal returns and make tax payments.

The IRS has long looked askance at some land-conservation deals, but proponents are lobbying hard to protect them in Congress.