Tax practice

Tax pros share their approaches to clients who get upset over not getting a refund

The IRS announced that it will accept applications for its Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council through June 24.

The IRS is accepting applications for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance grant programs, as well as for the 2017 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic grant program.

The Internal Revenue Service’s computer systems miscalculated the allowable Premium Tax Credits for more than 27,000 taxpayers who received subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report.

Free lectures, admission to athletic games and concerts, even shuttles to Trader Joe’s are some of the perks that neighbors of Princeton University get from New Jersey’s only Ivy League school.

The man who uncovered secret Luxembourg deals that helped companies slash tax rates was actually looking for training documents when he stumbled upon the files on his computer at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Rebecca Newton-Clarke, a senior editor/author at Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint, discusses in this video the wide range of transaction types in e-commerce -- and how states approach taxing them..

Not everyone is a fan of Congress’ plan to have the Internal Revenue Service use outside agencies to collect unpaid taxes. (See “Highway Bill Would Revive Private Collection of Tax Debts.”)

A permanent exclusion for qualified SMB stock means big change

The House Ways and Means Committee has passed three bills related to the Internal Revenue Service in the areas of taxpayer identity theft, recovery of missing children, and donor information for tax-exempt organizations.

Investors have been taught by our elders since time immemorial to live by the adage, “Buy low, sell high.”

Rebecca Newton-Clarke, a senior editor/author at Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint, discusses in this video the corporate income tax implications of e-commerce and how to deal with the lack of guidance from most states on taxation of e-commerce transactions, including issues such as nexus and apportionment.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued inflation-adjusted deduction limits for health savings accounts next year.

The Internal Revenue Service reported that the average annual tax gap has increased to $458 billion for tax years 2008-2010, compared to $450 billion for tax year 2006.

Tax pros shares the different ways they relax after April 18 — and how many of them get right back to work

The Internal Revenue Service plans to make changes in its procedures and computer systems to better identify a taxpayer’s outstanding tax debts and subtract them from the tax refunds they receive, particularly for owners of small businesses.

Chevron Corp. used a shell company in a tax haven to escape hundreds of millions of dollars in Australian taxes, according to a 2015 court ruling. The subsidiary, which allowed Chevron to eliminate Australian taxes on $1.7 billion in profit earned there, wasn’t secreted away on a remote tropical island—it was set up in the very mundane locale where corporate secrecy was born: Delaware.

TaxAct plans to launch a new sweepstakes next week for tax professionals to celebrate the end of tax season.

Texas storm victims, including those in the Houston area, have until September 1 to file their returns and pay any taxes due, the IRS said.