Tax preparation

Bogus wages; ‘permission’ revoked; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Phone-sex workers sue for wages; American sports and betting; 10 states without budgets; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

A repeat offender gambles, then loses; targeting the homeless; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

‘Nobody likes lawyers;’ attacks on the CBO; so you want to be a tax preparer?; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Practitioners share their

The IRS is warning a new set of Individual Taxpayer ID Number holders to renew.

Stolen names and SSNs; ‘substantial’ fees in a $1.1 million scheme; Canadian conspiracy; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Madoff victims still wait; suing the IRS anonymously; where tax dollars go; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Bogus gifts, job expenses; ‘varying fees’ for fraud; Crazy skin game; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Asian-Americans and the EITC; trusting the IRS; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Better communication with clients, more efficient workflow, and cloning themselves top the list of things tax pros want for next year.

Cigars and nose jobs; ‘training’ to manipulate numbers; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Audit myths; credits and whistleblowers; details of reform; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

A federal district court has ruled in favor of tax preparers who filed a class-action lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over its right to charge fees for Preparer Tax Identification Numbers, and the IRS may need to refund hundreds of millions of dollars in fees collected each year.

Deep trouble for Deepwater scam; $6K in false HSH income; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Reasons to focus on complicated returns; 529 Day; in memory and in thanks; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The ruling rejects the ‘software defense’ for deduction errors.

More than $1 million bilked in state taxes; dead wrongs; life goes on (trial); and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Three new people are ready to advice the Internal Revenue Service on nonprofit issues.

Attorneys and leeches; poker, pro sports and debt; effects of IRS tardiness; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.