Tax relief

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are lowering the withholding underpayment threshold to 80 percent.

The relief is conditioned on the partnerships providing the missing information in a separate schedule by March 15, 2020.

A pair of House Democrats has introduced a bill to extend the tax-filing deadline until May 20 to give taxpayers more time to file their taxes.

The relief applies to due dates that started on March 3.

The head of the Taxpayer Advocate Service at the IRS for 18 years will be retiring at the end of July.

Those who file their 2018 return and pay any tax due by April 15 can avoid the estimated tax penalty.

The legislation would retroactively extend tax provisions that expired at the end of 2017 and 2018 through the rest of 2019.

A letter from a senior official to Senate Democrats throws cold water on any extra relief for taxpayers.

The IRS has help for those who suffered in the November quake.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the IRS and the Treasury for additional relief for taxpayers who didn't adjust their withholdings last year for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.