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Escalating a 19-month regulatory assault against U.S. companies’ shifting their tax addresses offshore, President Barack Obama’s administration last week also went after companies that have always been overseas.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

More companies are offering technology this tax season to connect taxpayers with a preparer who is willing to do their taxes. The latest is a startup known as TaxChat.

Baby boomer business owners will retire in droves over the next decade, which means they will consider their options for passing on the business to family or key employees or for selling the business to a third party.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has introduced legislation to combat tax refund theft by identity thieves.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron was accused of “hypocrisy” after he said he held a stake in an offshore fund set up by his late father until six years ago, an admission broadcast on national television following four days of questions over the investment.

The Internal Revenue Service sent out more than $330 billion in refunds to U.S. taxpayers last year. To capture some of this year's cash, and jump on a marketing opportunity, companies are offering freebies and discounts celebrating the end of the annual filing ordeal.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Anton & Chia, LLP and Anton, Bryson & Schindler Chartered Professional Accountants LLP have completed a tiered acquisition of McCormack, Su & Company in the U.S. and Canada in an effort to grow their Asia practice.

Among the issues that are keeping tax executives up at night are anti-inversion rules that don’t address the root cause: an anti-competitive U.S. tax system.