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Practitioners share their expectations around the potential for more action from tax authorities.

The service is working to identify 9 million individuals who haven't filed a return.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has been initiating fewer investigations of abusive tax return preparers this past year, while also recommending fewer prosecutions, and seeing fewer indictments and prison sentences this year.

The Internal Revenue Service intends to start “masking” sensitive information to safeguard taxpayers against the threat of identity theft.

The Treasury’s new rules will generally let retirees hold onto more of their savings for longer.

Proposed regulations would allow partnerships and S corporations to exceed the $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions imposed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Biden’s plan; virtual currency question moves up; the magnificent seven audits; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Stephen Mankowski of NCCPAP shares the service’s latest initiatives to prepare for 2021.

The service has openings across the country for collection representatives.

Contributions made through the crowdfunding platform can often fall into a gray area.

Consider acting swiftly to correct international tax form mistakes.

The service is rolling out new systems and expanding forms that can be electronically filed by tax-exempt organizations.

The latest scheme claims to need a taxpayer’s bank account information to direct deposit a stimulus payment.

PPP questions; differentiating data; partner preparation; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The coronavirus slowdown has hit the IRS and tax professionals,

The IRS is making some changes in its collection program to lessen the burden on taxpayers with outstanding tax debts who are trying to cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Neil Fishman and Mark Stewart — the outgoing and incoming presidents of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, respectively — share the issues they've been working on, and what they see coming for the accounting profession.

The Internal Revenue Service has posted instructions for both employers and employees about how to handle the Form W-2 reporting for the payroll tax deferral under President Trump’s executive action.

The National Treasury Employees Union has filed a lawsuit to block an executive order signed by President Trump last week that threatens to remove civil service protections from much of the federal workforce.

Taxes on the ballot; dressing out of the office; lowering penalties; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.