Tax forms

The service warned Thursday of an issue that’s affecting business taxpayers who need transcripts for requesting COVID-19 employment tax relief.

The Internal Revenue Service has extended the ability to digitally sign a wide variety of tax forms through the end of the year.

The lack of tax information from major platforms isn’t a technological limitation. It’s a design decision.

The IRS is reminding drivers and fleet owners about the Aug. 31 deadline for Form 2290.

NCCPAP’s Stephen Mankowski offers news about the IRS Office of Promoter investigations, Forms 940X and 941, and more.

The Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations lowering the threshold so more employers will need to electronically file information returns such as W-2 and 1099 forms instead of filing them on paper.

The early draft instructions respond to comments the IRS received from last summer's draft instructions.

The updated early draft versions will be used by pass-through businesses to report foreign tax information.

The Internal Revenue Service posted a Spanish version of its Form 1040 and instructions Tuesday and made available publications and online information in other languages.

Leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee want the Internal Revenue Service to assist taxpayers who are getting information returns in the mail for unemployment benefits they never received.

Two leaders of Congress’s main tax committee are questioning why the Internal Revenue Service keeps sending notices to taxpayers about missing returns when it’s still catching up on unprocessed mail.

The U.S. federal tax-filing season that begins Friday will be among the most consequential in recent history, as households face potential surprises — both negative and positive — sorting through pandemic-related measures at a time of high unemployment and depressed consumer confidence.

Republicans are asking the Biden administration to assist taxpayers who are receiving tax forms for unemployment benefits claimed by identity thieves.

The Internal Revenue Service mistakenly sent letters to many taxpayers saying it would be reducing their Economic Impact Payments to pay off the taxes they owed.

The Form 7202 helps SE individuals who couldn’t work because of the coronavirus.

The Internal Revenue Service is advising taxpayers who received a Form 1099-G for unemployment benefits they never got to contact their state because their identity may have been stolen.

Tax pros can now submit powers of attorney and tax information authorizations electronically.

Businesses who didn’t receive forgiveness on their Paycheck Protection Program loans can now claim a tax credit instead, thanks to a provision in last month’s coronavirus stimulus package.

Companies and their advisors will want to make sure they're up on what's reported on the form, how it's changing the 1099-MISC, and the state-reporting wrinkles that go along with it, says Janice Krueger of Greatland.

The Internal Revenue Service hasn’t been pursuing cases involving hundreds of billions of dollars in income from individuals and businesses whose income has been showing up in Form 1099-K information returns, but has been otherwise unreported.