Tax season

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that it has observed problems with the filings for education tax credits that could be delaying processing of the tax returns.

The Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants recently surveyed its CPA members about the most creative tax deductions proposed by their clients. Here are some of the most memorable responses from the MNCPA's annual list of strange and unacceptable tax deductions for 2012.

Accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath LLP has introduced Crowe K-1 Navigator, a tool that helps streamline Schedule K-1 tax-reporting processes for flow-through businesses such as partnerships and S corporations.

BizLogr Inc. today unveiled MileLogr, an Internet service designed to help taxpayers get tax deductions for the business use of a car by figuring out the distances driven from data in the user’s calendar.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that taxpayers need to report Roth individual retirement account conversions from 2010 on their returns this tax season.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to the Internal Revenue Service expressing its concerns about delays in issuing crucial tax forms.

The Internal Revenue Service posted an alert on its Web site Thursday to tell taxpayers and the tax community that it is experiencing high traffic on “Where's My Refund?” as more tax returns arrive.

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday that some taxpayers who are trying to e-file from Puerto Rico are unable to do so.

Intuit has introduced TurboTax CPA Select, an online system geared towards small businesses and consumers looking for someone to do their taxes for them.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding electronic filers to review their IRS e-file application to make sure the information is still current.

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning tax preparers about delays in processing tax returns claiming the Child Tax Credit because of incorrectly filled out forms.

The Internal Revenue Service announced that it would begin accepting tax forms covering depreciation on Sunday, February 10, and forms covering education credits on Thursday, February 14.

A Tennessee man has quit his job after receiving a W-2 tax form from his employer stamped with the number 666.

The Internal Revenue Service has stepped up its efforts this tax season to combat identity thieves who steal taxpayers’ tax refunds, participating in a nationwide sweep that nabbed 389 identity theft suspects last month alone.

The Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for including mandatory language in consent forms that tax preparers are expected to send to clients before disclosing or using their tax return information.

The Internal Revenue Service is telling taxpayers to check the qualifications of tax preparers and their history in the aftermath of a stinging defeat in the court.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax preparers to include complete Earned Income Tax Credit checklists with any tax returns they file claiming the tax credit.

In addition to all the usual difficulties of tax season, some preparers are saying that glitches have appeared in their tax prep software as the filing season kicks off.

A federal judge has denied the Internal Revenue Service’s request to suspend his January 18 ruling that struck down the IRS’s tax-preparer scheme as unlawful, but made some important clarifications in a ruling he issued last month.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to begin accepting corporate, partnership and tax-exempt returns starting at 9:00 am Eastern Time on Monday, but with some important exceptions.