E-filing

The practice management software maker announced general availability Tuesday of Tax Prep, its professional tax preparation software.

Three distinct periods of e-filing during tax season can help accountants leverage audience insights to inform advertising strategies.

Some IRS systems will be unavailable from midnight on May 24 through 7 a.m. on May 28.

The service offered instructions on how to claim an extension, among other things.

Now that the dust has settled, IRS statistics give a glimpse into the issues surrounding busy season

Wolters Kluwer is working with state agencies to obtain similar relief.

The advisory committee covers issues in electronic tax administration, including prevent ID theft.

Some 50 million taxpayers have not yet filed their tax returns.

The government shutdown and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will continue to cause friction throughout tax season.

Despite the shutdown, Commissioner Rettig commits to on-time refunds, too.

Over 30 states now have a 10 Business Day Rule in place.

In an ideal world, businesses would make tax preparation a yearlong commitment.

The practice management software company intends to release its first tax preparation product next summer.

The revised agreement expands taxpayer options for free online software offerings for next filing season to avoid steering taxpayers to paid products.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to spend close to $300 million to implement the new tax law.

The Internal Revenue Service would be required to hire a chief information officer to overhaul its aging computer systems, under a bill passed last week by the House.

A group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee are asking the Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner, David Kautter, to explain why the IRS’s systems crash occurred on Tax Day, April 17.

The Internal Revenue Service said it would give U.S. taxpayers an extra day to file their returns electronically after a computer malfunction disrupted the agency’s website.

Could system failures at the IRS finally push the service into the 21st century?

The computers are back up and running, but last-minute filers get some additional time.