Tax season

You got your taxes filed by the skin of your teeth last year and before. But what if you're audited? What if you need a loan? Are you ready?

The service is trying to fully staff its in-person TACs around the country, but first it has to make them easier to locate.

The Taxpayer Advocate's mid-year report to Congress said the service had improved its performance during this year's tax season, though.

Our favorite ideas, insights, strategies, tactics and best practices from the AICPA's Engage conference.

Tax practitioners share their biggest problems on the road to April 18.

A pair of lawmakers proposed bipartisan legislation to streamline the tax filing extension process.

With the final stats from this year's filing in, it seems clear that it was one of the most normal in years.

With no last-minute changes, a more effective IRS, and a more reasonable schedule, tax pros heralded a return to normalcy.

The new commissioner lauded the agency's performance this filing season, thanks to the extra funding from last year's Inflation Reduction Act.

Some practitioners are advising clients to take advantage of Roth IRA conversions, but to tread carefully with the latest advances in artificial intelligence, as tax season nears an end.

The service wants to hire more accountants, lawyers and other professionals to focus on high-income taxpayers and large corporations.

From accidentally paying state taxes on T-bill income to wonky filing deadlines, these tips will help make a federal tax return sparkle. Or at least clean.

The service has cleared its carryover backlog for original return processing, and other updates as we enter the home stretch.

'So far, so good,' say many practitioners about this year's tax season — but they're not letting their guard down.

The Internal Revenue Service updated its frequently asked questions about the information return for reporting transactions involving payment cards and third-party networks.

The IRS system will be down for most of the morning for routine maintenance.

Every year without fail, cybercriminals take advantage of tax season to steal money from innocent people trying to be good citizens.

During tax season it's particularly important to look after yourself to maintain your productivity.

A look at how filing season is going, five weeks in.

Look at the return as if it were the prior year's return of someone you are trying to get as a client for this year.