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Payroll rigmaroles; bloggers’ taxes; the most out of seasonal staff; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service began accepting tax returns on Monday for tax season, while the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration highlighted the results of last year’s tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving financial institutions a break when it comes to notifying owners of individual retirement accounts about taking their required minimum distributions after a new law increased the age for taking RMDs from 70½ to 72.

The U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and the Netherlands cooperated on gathering evidence, intelligence and information.

Federal civil tax lawsuits have fallen by more than half over the past decade, according to a new analysis.

Popular forms’ deadlines; sharper eye on S corps; when restitution has mattered; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service did a good job last tax season dealing with the many changes in the tax law, despite the 35-day government shutdown, but it still needs to improve its dealings with taxpayers who have limited proficiency with the English language, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service said it may provide relief from double taxation in some circumstances to corporations because of the repatriation tax under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Less than a thousand businesses were affected by an OMB determination involving the refundable corporate minimum tax credit.

Filing taxes last year was a nightmare for taxpayers, their accountants and the Internal Revenue Service. This year might not be much better.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are offering a safe harbor to provide relief to taxpayers who borrowed money to attend a nonprofit or for-profit school and had their student loan debts discharged.

A former Internal Revenue Service analyst persuaded a judge not to send him to prison for leaking confidential government records on suspicious banking activity by President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen.

Tracking refunds; an extra deadline; the Advocate’s report; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service unveiled an enhanced Tax Withholding Estimator on its website Tuesday, designed to help workers fill out the new W-4 withholding form and hopefully avoid the problems seen last year when many taxpayers found themselves owing more taxes or receiving less of a tax refund than they expected.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office made 181 awards to whistleblowers in fiscal year 2019, totaling over $120 million and collected more than $616 million.

The brand-new withholding form for 2020 will present taxpayers with challenges, and tax pros with opportunities, says ADP's Pete Isberg.

Changes should make it easier for taxpayers to find the free versions of tax prep software from vendors who have been accused of misleading consumers into paying for the products.

The institute has asked the IRS and the Treasury to issue a notice clarifying that relief will also apply to S corporations.

Many dark money groups that raise funds for political and social causes and don’t pay taxes aren’t notifying the Internal Revenue Service of their intent to operate as tax-exempt organizations under section 501(c)4 of the Tax Code and haven’t been penalized, according to a new report.

The average U.S. household is paying an annual surtax of more than $3,000 to subsidize taxpayers who aren’t paying all they owe, a new report from the Taxpayer Advocate Service found.