Tax season

The annual life cycle for accountants traditionally ends and begins with April 15 (or whatever the actual due date is). The early months of the year are involved or consumed with tax season. After tax season ends, normality begins.

A recent report from Adobe offers a host of insights into how consumers look at tax filing,

The IRS is reminding taxpayers and tax pros that income tax returns aren't the only things that need to be in by next Tuesday.

As taxpayers and tax professionals race to finish up their tax returns by April 18, or opt to file for an extension, there are still a few last-minute things they can do, along with plenty to think about for next year.

Intuit CEO Brad Smith is seeing some strong competition for TurboTax this year.

Health care changes and the possibility of tax reform dominate the conversation.

Cybersecurity must remain a central concern as filing is increasingly digitized.

Technology may play a central role in helping the tax man get his due from cannabis companies.

Tax Day giveaways; a big scammer busted; Sec. 475(f) elections; Generation C; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Compared with the rest of the world, we don't pay that much, according to the OECD.

Not that there's a lot of down-time, mind you ...

The traditional family is no longer so traditional. Increasingly children are living in blended families, bringing complex tax issues to their parents’ accountants.

The home stretch of tax season will see fraudsters’ biggest push – but cybersecurity expert Kevin O’Brien says that taxpayers and tax professionals accountants will still need to protect themselves after that.

I never liked counting down months, weeks or days. To me, it makes the time seem to go by too quickly and decreases my appreciation of today.

The Internal Revenue Service saw a sharp drop-off in tax returns in the first half of filing season, according to a new report.

(Bloomberg) Tax preparation isn't rocket science -- or so contends Kenneth Lin, in his pitch to get taxpayers to use Credit Karma, his popular credit-monitoring site, to do taxes online for free.

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it would offer toll-free telephone service for taxpayers on the last two Saturdays of tax season.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testified at a Senate hearing Thursday about tax season, a day after a group of House Republicans wrote to President Trump asking him to fire Koskinen.

Roads vs. taxes; stopgap budget planning; Obamacare’s good and bad; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The AICPA, NAEA, NATP, NCCPAP, NSA and others have combined to ask for improvements.