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The Internal Revenue Service reported that the overall number of tax return filings has declined somewhat this tax season.

President Obama signed historic legislation reforming health care insurance, providing tax credits to individuals and small businesses to help them buy insurance through state-based exchanges.

The Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines to approve the financial regulatory reform bill introduced last week by Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said lawmakers should reject amendments designed to weaken the financial regulatory reform bill.

The IRS Criminal Investigation Division’s Los Angeles Field Office is urging taxpayers to be very careful when choosing a tax return preparer this filing season.

Jodi Hoskins, the operator of an escort service in Salt Lake City, has been found guilty of one count of tax evasion.

A woman has been charged with trying to bribe an IRS official by giving him $2,000 and a package containing promissory notes and a $100 Starbucks gift card.

With average tax refunds up nearly 10 percent this year, the White House has launched an online interactive Tax Savings Tool to help taxpayers take advantage of Recovery Act tax credits.

The House has approved health care reform legislation after a tense series of negotiations that left the vote in doubt until a group of pro-life Democrats agreed to support the bill after receiving assurances that President Obama would issue an executive order prohibiting federal funding of abortions.

The Internal Revenue Service continues to have problems with the security of its computer systems, jeopardizing the confidentiality of taxpayer information, according to a new report.