Tax

President Obama urged Congress to agree on a combination of tax reform and spending cuts to achieve deficit reduction during a speech Tuesday in which he proposed an alternative to the drastic automatic spending cuts that were part of the budget sequester deal.

U.S. financial institutions may see their reporting burdens rise as a result of a law designed to prevent taxpayers from hiding funds offshore.

Greatland Corporation has acquired Express Internet Companies.com with its two brands ExpressTaxForms.com and ExpressChecks.com.

The Internal Revenue Service is telling taxpayers to check the qualifications of tax preparers and their history in the aftermath of a stinging defeat in the court.

What has almost 4 million words and is one of the most complex and least transparent documents of the century? Our Tax Code.

Sunday marked the 100th birthday of the U.S. federal income tax with the passage of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution on Feb. 3, 1913.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax preparers to include complete Earned Income Tax Credit checklists with any tax returns they file claiming the tax credit.

In addition to all the usual difficulties of tax season, some preparers are saying that glitches have appeared in their tax prep software as the filing season kicks off.

A federal judge has denied the Internal Revenue Service’s request to suspend his January 18 ruling that struck down the IRS’s tax-preparer scheme as unlawful, but made some important clarifications in a ruling he issued last month.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to begin accepting corporate, partnership and tax-exempt returns starting at 9:00 am Eastern Time on Monday, but with some important exceptions.