Tax season

Fees are the fuel that keeps your practice running, yet many preparers hesitate to shake up fee structures no matter what those structures depend on.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its venerable tax guide for this tax season.

The American Institute of CPAs is crying foul over an ad by H&R Block suggesting that many CPAs don’t know how to prepare tax returns, but Block is promising to increase its competition with CPAs.

Most clients who utilize accounting firms to prepare their tax returns make charitable contributions. Many do so in a tax-efficient manner by donating appreciated securities directly to charities or utilizing donor-advised funds through which they make their grants.

The feds aren’t the only ones taking measures to protect taxpayers

The Internal Revenue Service will be making some changes in the due dates next year for several types of business tax returns, which should give accountants a little extra breathing room.

Tax workflow headaches are abundant, but the investment in technology solutions to improve the annual stressors is traditionally a low priority.

There are really two tax seasons every year, marked by two very different attitudes.

Handling the IRS, clients and the other frustrations of tax filing season

Apparently, absolutely free is an enticing price-point.

What’s new for 2015 tax returns?

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that an investigation into last year’s data breach in the online Get Transcript application revealed it affected hundreds of thousands more taxpayers than originally believed.

Six of 13 IRS-approved free e-filing services Web sites failed in taking steps to help protect consumers from fraudulent and malicious e-mail, according to a recent audit.

Want to free up more time this busy season? You could stop showering. Or ban March Madness? But what about something more effective and less offensive, like eliminating dozens of back and forth emails by implementing meeting scheduler software?

Tax preparation is a very serious undertaking that needs to be managed and continuously improved.

The annual battle of tax preparers is nasty, brutish, and short. TurboTax, which dominates online filing, and H&R Block Inc., with 10,000 U.S. locations, have three months to win over taxpayers before this year's April 18 deadline.

Tax season may not be the easiest time for preparers to develop new business, but it may be the best time, according to Chuck McCabe, president of Peoples Income Tax.

Millennials are more fearful of filing taxes than most Americans, according to a new survey.

The IRS urged tax professionals in an email Wednesday to verify their Electronic Filing Identification Number activity to safeguard against tax fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun conducting on-site inspections of tax preparers who continue to have problems with verifying their clients’ eligibility for claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit, and warned that the penalty has increased.