Tax

With minutes counting down to this year's tax deadline, clients (and many of their accountants) are scrambling to get paperwork wrapped up on time. But many financial and tax professionals caution that in the heat of the moment, even the most knowledgeable can forget the basics – never mind easy-to-miss, specialized strategies.

The IRS is giving clients who got a wrong 1095-A limited relief from tax penalties.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Tax professionals share how they handle clients who bother them too much.

President Barack Obama and his wife reported adjusted gross income of $477,383 for 2014, down 0.8 percent from last year, according to their tax returns.

A new report from the U.S. Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation shows that looking only at income taxes misses most of what we pay to the federal government each year.

Taxpayers are waiting on long lines in front of the Internal Revenue Service’s Taxpayer Assistance Centers for routine services this tax season, as the IRS’s budget crunch even limits the number of printed tax forms the agency can distribute.

Victims of identity theft are continuing to experience long delays and errors in receiving their tax refunds, according to a new report.

The chief operating officer of an insurance and tax preparation business pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to prepare false tax returns for clients.

The consumer finance site WalletHub has created a ranking of the best and worst states to be a taxpayer.