Tax

The Tax Court recently ruled against the IRS over what constitutes a “present interest” in a Crummey trust.

The Internal Revenue Service warned of a huge data breach of its online Get Transcript application that allowed the tax returns of approximately 104,000 taxpayers to be accessed by identity thieves.

The most common errors tax pros run across in prior years' returns

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

Bloomberg BNA releases its annual state tax survey

If your business has formed a captive insurance company that has elected small insurance status under section 831(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, you may be hearing from the IRS.

A Florida CPA has been arrested and charged with using her tax preparation business to facilitate an income tax refund fraud scheme.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Yahoo! Inc. is pushing ahead with plans to spin off its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. after comments by the IRS triggered a share slump amid concerns the deal could hit a snag.

In 2013, property taxes on real and personal property owned or leased by businesses accounted for the largest share of total state and local business taxes in the U.S.