Tax

The IRS’s ‘Don’t Take the Bait’ campaign shares tactics for protecting client data and practitioner systems.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, along with 30 other members of Congress, has introduced a bill to provide tax relief to victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, in addition to the relief granted in recent weeks by the Internal Revenue Service.

White House legislative director Marc Short said Friday that the administration is determined to release the outlines of tax plan negotiated with GOP leaders by the end of the month, even as the Senate’s chief tax writer signaled that the document might not carry that much weight.

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing this week to look at reforming the way the Internal Revenue Service resolves taxpayer disputes and appeals.

It took two days after Hurricane Irma ripped through the British Virgin Islands, damaging or destroying an estimated 70 percent of the territory’s buildings, for the Caribbean tax haven to start piecing back together its lucrative corporate-registry business.

Theft from prep help; neither snow nor rain nor the law; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Tax reform notwithstanding, the tax research providers Bloomberg BNA and Thomson Reuters both released their predictions Thursday for the annual inflation-adjusted tax rates that the Internal Revenue Service is likely to announce in the coming weeks.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving tax-exempt organizations in the parts of Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma more time to file their returns.

The South Dakota Supreme Court brought the question of whether online retailers should pay sales tax back into sharp focus.

Uber problems; stay interviews; grandpa as dependent; in memoriam; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.