Tax season

The IRS takes a victory lap for customer service in a recent report. But from the standpoint of its most important customers, it isn't serving them nearly as well.

The IRS needed a month to process paper tax returns this filing season, double the amount last year, due to staffing shortages and unavailable systems.

The October tax nightmare is not caused by the deadline. It's caused by treating July and August as downtime.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is leading 13 senators in investigating whether IRS CEO Frank Bisignano misled Congress about his agency's staffing after the Trump administration gutted the IRS workforce.

The Internal Revenue Service's Taxpayer Assistance Centers staff provided incorrect advice about the tax laws in nearly half the visits by inspectors.

The Internal Revenue Service had a largely successful tax-filing season, despite staffing cutbacks and long delays on refunds for millions of taxpayers.

Here are 10 tactics for transforming your client's return from a compliance document to a planning and business development tool.

Most accountants came out of tax season measurably damaged, according to a new index.

The Internal Revenue Service characterizes the 2026 tax filing season as a success. What do you think?

The legislation would enable taxpayers to use a secure IRS website to download a tax form automatically populated with information the IRS already collects.

Accountaneur Advisory's inaugural survey measuring the human cost of tax season is open for participation.

Frank Bisignano testified on Tax Day during a Senate hearing about this past filing season and how IRS operations were affected by the new tax deductions.

Wall Street strategists expect a robust increase in the Treasury's coffers this week as Americans pay their taxes.

Americans rushing to meet the tax deadline are getting bigger refunds on average thanks to Trump's tax law, though the savings are falling short of his promises.