Tax season

There is sometimes a disconnect in the handling of dependency exemptions and related tax credits between what courts advise a taxpayer to do and what the Tax Code actually permits.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Oversight Board heard about the various problems encountered by tax practitioners and taxpayers, including the shortened tax season, identity theft and tax fraud.

The pros and cons of working with a tax franchise

H&R Block is sending $25 prepaid debit cards to the customers affected by a tax-filing glitch related to education tax credit claims.

Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner Steven T. Miller told a congressional panel Thursday that while tax season began with delays caused by the late passage of the fiscal cliff legislation, the rest of the season eventually went smoothly.

Intuit expects approximately 4 percent revenue growth in TurboTax for the 2013 fiscal year, the company said today.

The Tax Foundation has released a chart detailing state income tax collections per capita for calendar year 2011.

The Internal Revenue Service granted a three-month tax filing and payment extension to Boston-area taxpayers and others affected by Monday’s explosions at the Boston Marathon.

The Internal Revenue Service is struggling to respond to an onslaught of tax returns filed on April 15, which is delaying acknowledgements to both federal and state returns.

Small businesses are more likely to comply with the tax laws if they are in certain comunities of the country and if they have more trust in their tax preparer, according to a report by the Taxpayer Advocate Service.

The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that it would provide tax penalty relief to anyone unable to file on time due to severe storms in parts of the South and Midwest over the past few days.

Married same-sex couples are awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court to help them resolve their tax-filing challenges on tax day.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama earned $608,611 in adjusted gross income in 2012, down 23 percent from 2011 as royalties from Obama’s books continued to decline, tax returns released today showed.

Changes to the tax laws at the beginning of the year resulted in a delayed tax season in which the average tax refund declined slightly, according to a new government report.

Several tax preparers in New York City and Long Island have been arrested and prosecuted after investigations into the filing of false state and federal income tax returns.

As tax season winds down, it may be hard to think about work beyond the imminent and deserved time off, but there are points you can raise with clients to keep them coming to you for the rest of the year, too.

In the midst of busy season, Philadelphia-based tax accountants Drucker & Scaccetti are taking a moment to enjoy the lighter side of taxes -- by hosting a special exhibit of great cartoons about taxes.

The union representing Internal Revenue Service employees is warning that budget cuts will hamper IRS efforts to combat identity theft and assist taxpayers.

As the April 15 deadline for filing taxes approaches, a federal prosecutor and the head of the IRS Criminal Investigation’s Newark Field Office are reminding taxpayers to accurately and completely fill out their returns and make sure they file them on time, while pointing out that not all tax preparers are honest.

Those that know me, know that I do not like extensions. However, there are valid reasons for extensions, and here are 15 of them: