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President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service, Charles Rettig, has spent decades helping wealthy and famous people fight the agency’s efforts to collect taxes.

The IRS’s new 1040 tax form doesn’t exactly fit on a standard postcard as Republicans promised, but it’s smaller and simpler than before — and it may push more filers to use software rather than in-person tax preparers.

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson released her mid-year report to Congress Wednesday, spotlighting her top areas of concern, particularly how the new tax overhaul will be implemented.

The smaller 1040; Wayfair wrinkles; no do-over on fraudulent returns; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is urging the Internal Revenue Service to back down on threats to challenge New York State’s efforts to allow taxpayers to circumvent the limits on state and local tax deductions in the federal tax overhaul.

The Internal Revenue Service is extending incentives for solar power and other clean energy sources by as long as four years.

The Senate Finance Committee plans to hold a confirmation hearing next Thursday for the nominee for Internal Revenue Service commissioner, Charles “Chuck” Rettig, a Beverly Hills tax attorney.

The service offers some do’s and don’ts for taxpayers who get a frightening envelope.

The short form would fulfill one of the promises of last December’s tax overhaul.

An ex-employee with the Criminal Investigation unit was found guilty of obstruction of justice and stealing government money.

Too many credits; marriage, investing and taxes; South Carolina and Amazon; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are going to amend the Section 987 regulations to postpone them for another year.

The American Institute of CPAs sent a list of more than 150 recommendations for the Internal Revenue Service to add to its Priority Guidance Plan where it would like to see the IRS provide more clarity, with a particular spotlight on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The TCJA and havens; making videos for clients; bias in IRS collections; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

There are two types of soccer executives, according to 2011 testimony given by Chuck Blazer, then the highest-ranking American in international soccer: those who take bribes, and those who pay them.

Private universities won’t be taxed on unrealized income from their billions of dollars in assets before the levy was approved.

Affected taxpayers can get deadline extensions and penalty abatements.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it plans to issue regulations may limit the impact of a new excise tax on the endowments of private colleges and universities under the new tax law.

Private debt collection agencies that are collecting tax debts on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service have been forcing many taxpayers into payment plans they can’t afford.

The purpose of the new investment vehicle is to direct resources to low-income communities through a more market-driven approach.