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The Internal Revenue Service alerted taxpayers and tax professionals in an email Friday about an interest calculation error on certain notices mailed the weeks of July 1 and July 8.

The Internal Revenue Service said in an email to tax professionals Friday that it would begin sending letters to enrolled agents in late July when their enrollment status is being inactivated or terminated because of their failure to renew.

Thomson Reuters has released the 2013 edition of its annual Tax Planning Guide.

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., contended that the immigration reform bill approved by the Senate last month violates the Constitution because it contains revenue provisions that are supposed to originate in the House.

A man from the Houston area who was arrested late last month at an airport while attempting to flee the country was indicted Friday in the Central District of California in what authorities allege is a multimillion dollar identity theft and tax refund fraud scheme involving more than 300 victims.

Beth Wiener, partner-in-charge of the Alternative Investment Group at Marcum, sat down with Accounting Today’s managing editor Tamika Cody to share what she does to pave the way for rising female leaders in the accounting profession.

House Democrats are demanding answers from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration about its report on the Internal Revenue Service’s screening of tax-exempt groups, demanding to know why some newly uncovered documents were left out of the report.

The Treasury Department said Friday that due to overwhelming interest from countries around the world, it will extend by six months the start of the withholding and account due diligence requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, until July 1, 2014, to allow more time to complete agreements with foreign jurisdictions.

Most CPAs these days consider themselves the trusted advisor, yet few are clearly separating themselves from their competitors. iLumen chief executive Rob Ganjon explains how practitioners can look to current tools to help make that distinction.

Seventy-nine percent of New Jersey CPAs anticipate their clients will pay more taxes in 2014 than 2013, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its static mortality tables for use by defined benefit pension plans in calculating the life expectancies of retirees.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a formal notice that officially delays the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act, also known as the employer mandate, for a year and postpones the information reporting requirements.

The Internal Revenue Service reminded Boston area taxpayers Thursday and others affected by the April 15 Boston Marathon explosions that their individual income tax returns and tax payments are due Monday, July 15.

More than half the business professionals polled in a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers said “eco-efficiency” is a high or growing priority for their business.

Being entrepreneurial doesn’t end at starting a business; it means constantly striving to perfect your business model and quickly and continually adapting to change.

The American Institute of CPAs has sent a comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service recommending changes to final regulations (TD 9534) regarding methods of accounting to be used by corporations that acquire the assets of other corporations in certain corporate reorganizations.

The Internal Revenue Service has been consolidating several of its data centers in an effort to comply with a directive from the Office of Management and Budget to reduce data center space, cut costs, and save energy, but it needs a plan to achieve future savings goals, according to a new report.

Paul Dunn, chairman of the business giving organization Buy1GIVE1 and founder of Results Accountants' Systems, discusses with Accounting Today senior Danielle Lee how firms can motivate their leaders and set a mission that inspires them and their clients.

A South Korean businessman who lost thousands of dollars in a California casino shouldn’t be taxed for each winning pull of a slot-machine lever, a U.S. appeals court found.

Unauthorized immigrants are already paying $10.6 billion a year in state and local taxes, according to a new analysis that estimates an additional $2 billion revenue increase for the 50 states and the District of Columbia if undocumented immigrants who currently in the U.S. are allowed to work legally.