Tax

The Internal Revenue Service is not providing personal identity numbers to all taxpayers who are the victims of tax-related identity theft, according to a new government report.

Intuit has enhanced its program for tax professionals, adding new benefits and opening it to enrolled agents.

Executives with Wolters Kluwer CCH described a series of improvements to their tax, accounting and auditing software products at the CCH Connections user conference in Orlando on Monday, including enhancements to leverage the power of Google and other popular search engines.

The Internal Revenue Service should improve the way it performs final testing of its computer systems prior to tax season to make sure they are working properly, according to a new government report.

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

Wolters Kluwer, CCH Small Firm Services and the National Association of Tax Professionals have teamed to offer ATX and TaxWise preparer customers varied tax-compliance education.

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

Individuals who lost money in the stock market in 2014 may have other investment assets that have appreciated in value. These taxpayers should consider the extent to which they should sell appreciated assets before year end (if their value has peaked) and thereby offset gains with pre-existing losses.

The average tax refund in 2014 was $2,696, up 1.5 percent from the average refund of $2,656 in 2013, according to a new report on how well the Internal Revenue Service operated last tax season.

As 2014 draws to a close, there may be more planning opportunities than ever before, but also more traps for the unwary, according to Grant Thornton LLP.