Tax season

There is no question there are different kinds of complexity for returns.

The Internal Revenue Service is seeing a sharp decline in returns so far this season.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on its efforts to combat stolen identity refund fraud, but the accuracy of its measurements of the identity theft problem needs to be better, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service has posted a new version of Form 7004 to reflect the fact that businesses can now get an automatic extra six months to file.

What a tax overhaul might look like; owing $.00 to the IRS; tax season security and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Tax pros are divided on whether donating their time to file returns for the needy is worth it.

Tax season is a busy time and there is a temptation to take a shortcut on procedures, skip some extra training or sidestep an extra effort to be in touch with a client. Succumbing to these and other temptations is a shortsighted mistake that should be avoided.

Some of the most frequent problems with returns result from simple things like goofs in arithmetic, misspelled names and transposed numbers.

A pair of new government reports highlighted some of the hurdles the Internal Revenue Service needed to overcome last filing season as it struggles to help taxpayers and identity theft victims despite constrained resources.

The New York State Society of CPAs will answer tax season queries for free on Feb. 6th.