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The RNC has filed a lawsuit against the IRS for withholding records sought by a 2013 Freedom of Information Act request.

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld yesterday made public a letter he said he sends every year to the IRS, along with his tax return.

Despite the late start to tax season, the Internal Revenue Service generally kept pace with last year, according to a government report.

Office Tools Professional announced a partnership with cloud hosting company Cloud9 Real Time.

ACL has launched the pre-packaged ACL Audit and Financial Control Solution for SAP ERP.

For taxpayers who owe taxes with their tax returns, the IRS has provided ten tips about how to pay.

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

U.S. taxpayers would need to pay an average of $1,259 more a year to make up the federal and state taxes lost to corporations and individuals sheltering money in overseas tax havens, according to a report.

By now most of you have seen and heard stories about the recent Heartbleed bug and you’re probably trying to make sense of the information and determine exactly what it means to you, your firm, your vendors and your clients.

A pair of senators have called on the Social Security Administration to end the policy of seizing taxpayers’ refunds to hold them accountable for decades-old errors made by the agency that led to the overpayment of benefits, and the agency has agreed to do so.

The International Federation of Accountants has received £4.935 million ($8.256 million) in funding from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, or DFID, for the purpose of strengthening professional accountancy organizations around the world.

Accountants who meet with business clients to deliver tax returns during busy season are understandably pressed for time and attention. These brief meetings, however, are an important part of developing and cementing your role as a trusted advisor, and they can pave the way for cross-selling additional services to existing clients.

Transition Advisors president Joel Sinkin talks about what firms should do after a merger to retain their clients and staff members, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing last week to discuss the perennial issue of the tax extenders, the temporary tax provisions that expire year after year and are usually renewed.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued a concepts statement that will guide GASB in establishing accounting and financial reporting standards for U.S. state and local governments regarding the measurement of assets and liabilities.

As the political fight over raising taxes for high-income Americans fades away, so are predictions for negative economic fallout.

President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, reported adjusted gross income of $481,098 for 2013, down 21 percent from last year, according to tax returns released yesterday by the White House.

Sageworks has made major user interface and customization enhancements to its ProfitCents online financial analysis software for accountants and business consultants.

Taxware announced the acquisition of VAT Resource, The Netherlands-based independent VAT technology, consulting and compliance outsourcing company.

U.S. states are trying to capture corporate income taxes lost to offshore havens, wary of companies exploiting rules that let them channel cash abroad and weary of congressional inaction.