Tax season

The “organizer” is no longer something that most clients will actually fill out and stuff, staple and paperclip.

Phishing and the season’s latest scams; FBAR whistleblowing returns; best sales-tax questions; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Despite the shutdown, Commissioner Rettig commits to on-time refunds, too.

The IRS will issue refunds to taxpayers even if the U.S. government shutdown extends into the filing season.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., is asking the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to explain what impact the partial government shutdown will have on the upcoming tax season.

Pre-season checklist; whether carbon taxes; best Twitter bets; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee wants the service to waive the penalties that he expects to hit millions of workers and families.

In an ideal world, businesses would make tax preparation a yearlong commitment.

The year’s worst ideas; cyber-currency phrase book; the shutdown and taxes; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report on the results of this past filing season.

The redesigned form is not exactly postcard size, but it reflects changes under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that promise to simplify the tax prep process.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attempted to salve worries about the federal government’s partial shutdown.

S corp misconceptions; Spanish authorities go after pop singer; changes to withholding under FATCA; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

It’s not too late to cut down clients' tax liability before the end of the year.

Whether to still itemize; defining ‘middle class’; spotting bogus IRS emails; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Big W-4 questions; new GOP plan; tax-related stocking stuffers; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Practitioners share why communication is critical amid the uncertainty of the TCJA.

Tax preparers are bracing for a once-in-a-generation filing season.

Preparers are looking at new forms, new regs, new laws -- and new prices.