Tax

The most popular way Americans will use their tax refunds is to pay down their debt, according to a new survey.

Each New Year brings with it issues and regulations—both new and revisited—that cause accountants and their small business clients to scramble in order to remain compliant with the law.

A married couple who are partners in a Louisiana tax preparation service are also allegedly partners in crime, according to prosecutors.

The Internal Revenue Service said it has federal income tax refunds totaling $1 billion waiting for an estimated 1 million taxpayers who did not file a federal income tax return for 2011.

The Internal Revenue Service generally has adequate processes in place to prevent inadvertent disclosures of taxpayer information to unauthorized people, but it also understates the number of inadvertent disclosures it makes, according to a new government report.

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

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice in anticipation of the ABLE tax-free savings accounts that disabled Americans will soon have the ability to set up to cover expenses such as education, housing and transportation.

The Senate has re-introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at making it easier for states to collect sales taxes on online purchases.

Criminal prosecutions by the Internal Revenue Service appear to be timed to coincide with tax season, according to a new analysis.

Tax season isn't supposed to be fun. But if your civic duty feels extra unpleasant this year, you're not imagining things. Here are four reasons this tax season really is the worst: