Tax season

Right out of the gate, this year has provided some intriguing storylines that undoubtedly will have ripple effects when tax pros sit down with their clients next winter.

A COVID-wrecked economy has changed the calculus for some financial planners.

A firm found itself shorthanded during tax season when two of its most experienced tax return reviewers left. What should they do?

Leaders of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee are sounding the alarm over the slow start to tax season, reflected in the initial week of data from the IRS.

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee are urging the Internal Revenue Service to extend tax season beyond April 15 to give taxpayers another three months until July 15.

The agency’s commissioner is upbeat, but tax preparers and financial planners worry that this year could be especially chaotic due to the COVID pandemic.

The Internal Revenue Service is still dealing with a backlog of unprocessed mail from 2020, hurting its efforts to provide help with COVID-19 relief payments and this year’s tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning Wednesday to taxpayers to beware of unethical “ghost” tax preparers who don’t sign tax returns for clients.

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New digital advertising tax; ripping off PPP; careful with prenups; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Some business owners can get hurt by workarounds to the $10,000 limit for state and local tax deductions.

Don’t make tax season the deciding factor in the important things in your life.

The U.S. federal tax-filing season that begins Friday will be among the most consequential in recent history, as households face potential surprises — both negative and positive — sorting through pandemic-related measures at a time of high unemployment and depressed consumer confidence.

The Internal Revenue Service is girding for the official start of tax season as taxpayers and preparers deal with tax breaks related to COVID-19 and questions about stimulus payments.

CP21Cs and long memories; all smiles; Romney’s proposal; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

A collection of things practitioners already hate about dealing with their clients this season.

Practitioners share how they're changing the ways they reach out to clients and prospects.

Fun and Gamestop; SECURE and taxable inheritances; over-communication; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Almost two-thirds of practitioners said that pushing filing to July 15 last year was good for them.

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