Tax

Following “concerns from the tax professional community,” the IRS has modified its Columbus Day service outage to minimize the impact of this maintenance period.

The OECD unveiled its blueprint Monday for cracking down on international tax avoidance, an opening salvo in what promises to be a prolonged battle.

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

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Greatland launched an early release of its Yearli Performance software for businesses to prepare for filing the new Forms 1095-C, required this year by the Affordable Care Act.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it has met a key milestone relating to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, having begun exchanging tax information with certain foreign governments in time to meet a Sept. 30, 2015 deadline.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on improper payments, including what role is played by tax preparers in claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit on behalf of clients.

The Internal Revenue Service is having trouble keeping track of correspondence with international taxpayers, according to a new report.

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

2015 year-end tax planning — what’s new