COVID-19

The Criminal Investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service launched 2,039 tax and money laundering cases related to COVID fraud over the past five years.

The charges include filing for over $600 million in false Employee Retention Credits and other funds.

The agency has indicted almost 800 people for COVID fraud, and has a 98.5% conviction rate.

The U.S. Small Business Administration disbursed up to $200 billion in potentially fraudulent EIDL and PPP funds, but that amount was disputed in a separate report by the SBA itself.

With the pandemic emergency officially over, a break for high-deductible health plans is going away.

Many advisors have clients who took out the forgivable loans. Some wealth management firms did the same. Three years after the government doled out more than $800 billion in mostly-free cash, here's what's happening.

With the official public health emergency due to end on May 11, the IRS has updated its FAQ.

The last few years offer important lessons for accountants going forward.

Firms can participate in annual 'Anytime, Anywhere Work' survey through July 15.

The pandemic and new IRS priorities are creating new opportunities for practitioners.