Tax season

The tax cost of generosity; firm of the future; R&D smackdown; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

With the filing deadline behind them, tax pros share their impressions.

CPA firms were more concerned about various impacts of workload compression than with updating their clients and staff about the latest tax law changes, according to a new survey.

The more of what you do that seems like drudgery, the less fun you will have.

The CCH outage; dark influencers; prep and the military life; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Now that the dust has settled, IRS statistics give a glimpse into the issues surrounding busy season

I heard from some colleagues who were particularly upset and expressed overwhelming despair from unbearable pressure during tax season.

Making reform permanent; the high cost of raising royalty; messy IRS math; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Senator Elizabeth Warren and other lawmakers asked the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether tax preparation companies are hiding their free services by manipulating search engines.

The report discusses some of the main developments this past season that are likely to affect taxpayers for the rest of the year.

The 2017 tax law had no discernible impact on consumer tax filing patterns or the market share of tax prep vendors, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

In the first tax season under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average size of tax refunds was down 2 percent.

Another one in the books; bias in the TCJA; talking basis; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The size of clients’ tax refunds was up 1.4 percent this tax season, while their overall tax liability was down 24.9 percent.

Another one in the books; bias in the TCJA; talking basis; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Extend tax season for half a day to debrief. You will be so glad you did.

I’ve heard from many colleagues that tax season was not good. Here are some things that could have prevented or mitigated the problems.

Data from advertising company Exponential found that walk-in tax preparation is more popular with older generations, while young people are more likely to file their taxes online or with tax prep software.

Surveys show just one-fifth of taxpayers believe their taxes have gone down.

Nearly half of Americans fail to check whether their tax preparer includes their PTIN and signs their return, putting them at risk of being scammed, according to a new survey.