Tax season

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it will provide a new format for transcripts of individual tax returns that will safeguard taxpayer data by redacting personally identifiable information from Form 1040 series returns.

The Internal Revenue Service has been sending a series of messages in recent weeks to taxpayers and tax professionals urging them to check the online withholding calculator to make sure they have the proper amount withheld from their paychecks so they can avoid a nasty surprise next tax season.

While successful tax professionals find themselves with a surplus of business from January to April, the months of May to December are way too light.

Moving through tax season affords accounting professionals an excellent platform to educate your clients about how best to approach their long game.

With the changes coming in 2019, preparers may end up being nostalgic for this year.

Preparers share how they'd change things if they could do 2018 over again.

Last year, almost $12 million was given to programs offering free or low-cost help to taxpayers.

It can be easy to fall into a slump as your work days start to ease into a more manageable pace.

Take the time now to re-energize staff and rededicate yourself to the firm's mission.

Get off the hamster wheel and into the Learning Zone.

Accounting firms and tax pros can do more than just relax after tax season.

NCCPAP’s Steve Mankowski shares details from a recent IRS meeting – including the cause of the Tax Day outage.

Do a structured debrief right now — while the wounds are still fresh — to ensure busy season goes better next year and beyond.

A group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee are asking the Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner, David Kautter, to explain why the IRS’s systems crash occurred on Tax Day, April 17.

Spending refunds; states are scrambling; avoiding regulations; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Hold a meeting with everyone in your firm and discuss what occurred.

The firm utilized a Detroit-based 'Food Truck for Your Brain' to help give staff members some peace of mind during the most hectic time of the year.

Our favorite responses to the agency's April 17 system crashes.

Safari time; better answers for military taxpayers; multinational slackers; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service said it would give U.S. taxpayers an extra day to file their returns electronically after a computer malfunction disrupted the agency’s website.