Charles Rettig

The Internal Revenue Service made its Free File program available on Friday, allowing taxpayers who earn less than $73,000 in adjusted gross income to start preparing and filing their tax returns for free.

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 Internal Revenue Service is strengthening the identity verification and sign-in process for its online self-help tools after a number of high-profile data breaches.

The measure could be used to pay for a modification of the cap on the federal deduction of state and local taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is asking tax professionals to help clients who fell prey to identity thieves who have been filing unemployment claims in their names during the pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service has launched a campaign this summer to persuade tax professionals to improve their cybersecurity amid an escalating series of ransomware attacks around the world.

The service is gearing up for a potentially massive tax-enforcement push if Congress passes a plan including $40 billion to expand audits on the wealthy.

The service released a Data Book Thursday highlighting its work this past fiscal year, particularly in response to the pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service opened a portal to enable families to monitor and manage their monthly advance payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department introduced an online tool that enables families to register for monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit.

The disclosure of the personal income and tax data of some of the wealthiest Americans has been referred to additional federal investigators.

The Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to over 36 million families about how they may be able to qualify for monthly Child Tax Credit payments, beginning in July.

The IRS will launch the monthly payments just a couple of weeks after its preliminary deadline.

Hundreds of IRS employees are cracking down on syndicated conservation easements, with 28,000 taxpayers under examination.

For some wealthy investors, expanded government crackdowns on land deals are creating financial and legal headaches.

Commissioner Charles Rettig left open the possibility that there may be delays.

The service offered information on how to elect to apply an overpayment on 2020 taxes against Q1 2021 estimated taxes, which are still due on April 15.

The new figure for the tax gap is multiples higher than previous estimates from the federal government.