Tax penalties

Sometimes the strategy can eliminate a domino effect of other expensive tax problems down the road, Ed Slott writes.

Preparers and their clients often cannot recognize quality differences among service providers, leading to buying decisions based on who proposes the lowest fee or promises the highest tax benefit.

IRS attorneys clear the way for automatic first-time penalty abatement.

The IRS has been sending signals since the summer that it will be enforcing the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate.

Victims of Irma are getting more help from the Internal Revenue Service.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving Hurricane Irma victims in Florida until Jan. 31 to file some individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing this week to look at reforming the way the Internal Revenue Service resolves taxpayer disputes and appeals.

The Internal Revenue Service has seen a surge in recent years of taxpayers underpaying their estimated taxes and paying the penalty for it.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Appeals plans to test a web-based videoconferencing option for taxpayers and their representatives to hold virtual face-to-meetings with IRS appeals officers without going to the IRS’s offices.

$4.5 billion in unpaid tax, penalties and interest due lurks in the Automated Non-Master File.