The Internal Revenue Service is taking steps to discourage tax preparers and other taxpayer representatives from dropping off completed tax returns at its local Taxpayer Assistance Centers instead of mailing or electronically filing them.

Boomer Consulting and Engineered Tax Services have teamed up to introduce The Specialty Tax Circle to help firms improve their growth and profitability by leveraging specialty tax services.

CCH plans to introduce a new Open Integration Platform to enable customers and outside vendors to integrate their applications and customized software with CCH’s cloud system.

A Silicon Valley-based CPA is warning taxpayers and their accountants to begin planning for the tax increases that are set to take effect next year unless the current tax rates are extended by Congress and President Obama.

Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett hinted in his annual letter to shareholders that the holding company’s nearly 18,000-page tax return may merit the attention of the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 may be the last piece of tax legislation we’ll see this year.

Tax refunds amounting to over $1 billion are awaiting an estimated 1 million people who still have not filed a federal income tax return for 2008.