Tax audits

The agency managed to open filing season on time despite the recent government shutdown and saw a big opening day.

Lawmakers are complaining about the agency’s disproportionate number of audits of low-income taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit.

They’re rare, but terrifying, so it’s worth bearing these points in mind during a tax exam.

Even if House Democrats get their hands on Donald Trump’s tax returns, many of their biggest questions about the president’s finances will probably go unanswered.

Prosecutors recorded a phone call in which William Singer said his charity was being audited and the parents should tell the IRS their contributions were for needy children.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job of managing its employees in the wake of budget cuts that have forced the IRS to severely reduce tax audits, or else it could be putting its mission at risk, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

These red flags always draw the IRS’s attention.

Failure to establish nexus may undermine a bid for research and development tax credits.

Repeat tax debtors and their tax pros should use tax season to clear up past balances.

The agency is subjecting a relatively small percentage of wealthy taxpayers to tax audits, and less than half of the biggest corporations in the U.S.