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Taxpayers who were wrongly imprisoned will have more of an opportunity to take advantage of a tax break that Congress recently approved.

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning tax professionals to safeguard their information from identity thieves.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it’s ready to process tax year 2017 returns claiming four additional tax benefits recently renewed retroactively into law, including tax breaks related to energy conservation and production.

Preparers and their clients often cannot recognize quality differences among service providers, leading to buying decisions based on who proposes the lowest fee or promises the highest tax benefit.

The Internal Revenue Service is winding down its program to entice wealthy Americans who hid money abroad to come forward and take an amnesty deal—but if you’re a tax evader, or simply clueless, don’t think you’ve been spared.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the Internal Revenue Service for more guidance on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, asking for language specifying how qualified business income and limitations on business interest should be defined, among other matters.

Three of America’s most discreet billionaire philanthropists have emerged as the biggest donors to the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund after the IRS accidentally revealed their identities.

The blockchain gang; buying vs. leasing biz cars; real estate defined for Sec. 199A; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The IRS is allowing many companies extra time to file the income tax returns.

The Internal Revenue Service provided additional information Tuesday to help corporate taxpayers deal with the new section 965 transition tax for repatriating foreign profits under the tax law that Congress passed in December.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday it plans to close the 2014 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on Sept. 28, 2018 and will start winding it down before that date.

Audits aren’t the only ways the service can put them on the spot, the tax prep chain warns.

Fewer than four out of 10 taxpayers are happy with President Trump’s recent tax reform law, according to a new survey.

Congressional Republicans created a juicy new break for business owners when they rewrote the U.S. tax code late last year. Three months later, hundreds of thousands of U.S. employers still don’t know if they can claim it.

Procrastinating clients may have money waiting: Some $1.1 billion in unclaimed federal income tax refunds await an estimated 1.4 million taxpayers who didn’t file a 2014 federal income tax return.

The National Society of Accountants wants the Internal Revenue Service to provide a six-month extension for businesses to opt to be treated as S corporations for this year, arguing the current deadline of March 15 is too soon to make a decision given the uncertainty surrounding the new tax law.

When 2018 taxes are due in April 2019, millions of Americans could find themselves owing the government far more than was withheld. Millions of others could find they paid too much in 2018, resulting in unusually large refunds.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility is changing how it handles probes of practitioners who may have violated Circular 230 rules.

Implications of Kill Quill; Oscar, Oscar, Oscar; Sec. 199A questions; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s plan to fix a gaping loophole for hedge funds in President Donald Trump’s new tax law could face legal challenges.