Tax practice

Municipal bonds are becoming concentrated in a fewer number of hands and that may not be good for bondholders and states and local governments.

House conservatives launched an effort Thursday to force a vote to impeach the IRS commissioner, but action on the motion could be delayed until September.

Tips on how to make working at home pay, from the Illinois CPA Society

Most tax practitioners occasionally find themselves in the position of having to deal with clients who have received penalties for late filing of tax returns or late payment of income taxes.

The Big Four firms have sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew asking for withdrawal of proposed regulations on the tax treatment of corporate debt and equity.

A self-styled tax watchdog group has launched an effort to independently audit the Internal Revenue Service, with the help of taxpayers.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew is set to meet with European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager this week as she prepares to deliver a final verdict on a probe into Apple Inc.’s tax affairs in Ireland.

A left-leaning advocacy group has filed a complaint against Donald Trump with the Internal Revenue Service accusing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee of violating the law for using money from his tax-exempt charitable foundation to buy an autographed football helmet and jersey from NFL player Tim Tebow.

The Internal Revenue Service has released new procedures for shareholders that want the IRS’s automatic consent for changing to or from the net asset value method of accounting for gains or losses on shares in a money market fund.

The Internal Revenue Service has lowered the user fee for charities applying for tax-exempt status.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a new revenue procedure and regulations outlining how organizations can notify the IRS they are operating as tax-exempt social welfare groups under Section 501(c)4 of the Tax Code.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The IRS is offering tax relief for the victims of the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides in late June in parts of West Virginia.

Many of the highest average state and local sales tax rates are found in the Southeast, according to a midyear report from the Tax Foundation.

Yes, it’s summer, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to forget about your clients, or ease up on your plans to attract new ones.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The IRS shares some advice on fixing a return

Social media giant Facebook is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service over the value of intangible property it transferred to a unit in Ireland, according to published reports.

The National Taxpayer Advocate says that the 2016 filing season went “much more smoothly” than last year’s.

The Internal Revenue Service can’t always be sure that former employees’ access to systems and buildings has been revoked, according to a recent report.