Tax season

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.

Preparers from the tax chain will use the cognitive computing solution to improve recommendations to clients.

W-2 scams, e-mail scams, phone scams, and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers this week.

Thomson Reuters is providing Interactive Practice Aids in the midst of the tax research workflow in its Checkpoint PPC Tax Deskbooks research system.

You may not be able to make the next few months fun, but you might be able to make them less hectic.

For many tax and accounting professionals, filing season represents your best -- and only -- chance to interact with customers.

Fees are rising, but customers keep coming back.

When I was an employee I moonlighted and developed a base of clients who enabled me to eventually quit my job and start my own practice. How could I not like tax season?

The tax prep chain and the charity have boosted authentication and encryption for their free tax-filing service.

The tax prep chain will let customers load their refund on an American Express card, saving them up to two days.

Preparers who file a return claiming the credit without including a W-2 to substantiate the income may get a warning.

There are a number of reasons taxpayers hire professionals to file their taxes – and one of the best is to prevent them from trying to claim truly ridiculous things in their filings.

Eligibility expands for claiming the refundable tax credit, though taxpayers who claim it will face some delays before receiving their refunds.

A basic federal filing with a state return and no itemized deductions is up $17 over the past two years.

Changing national demographics may be producing a new kind of dependent: parents and adult children of middle-aged taxpayers, according to the National Association of Enrolled Agents.

Even though their income level may not require them to file, taxpayers with disabilities may still qualify for the credit, the tax service says.

Some tax deductions and credits may be traded for lower overall rates in the reform plans of the Trump administration and the Republic congressional leadership, so taxpayers may want to make the most of them now.

Some deductions and credits may be traded for lower overall rates in the Trump administration’s reform plans, so tax preparers may want to make sure their clients make the most of them now.