Tax

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service has agreed with Sears to provide tax prep services in most Sears locations nationwide starting in January.

Income acceleration techniques for 2012 year-end planning

The past tax season saw continued growth in the do-it-yourself market, while the complexity of the Tax Code, and the likelihood of end-of-year or next-year retroactive changes, will increase the need for software at both the consumer and professional levels.

In an election season where taxes spark debate among all political camps, much of the dialogue has been focused on corporate tax rates impacting U.S. businesses.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Internal Revenue Service has chosen CCH to provide the agency with comprehensive sales tax rate and taxability tables that can be used by millions of taxpayers in preparing their returns.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning tax professionals that starting October 1, it will no longer accept paper-based applications to become electronic filing providers.

In January 1999, a trust set up by Mitt Romney for his children and grandchildren reaped a 1,000 percent return on the sale of shares in Internet advertising firm DoubleClick Inc.

The Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income Division has released its 2012 Summer SOI Bulletin, with a number of articles based on the most recent data available from various returns filed by U.S. taxpayers.

The top personal income tax area of concern for technology executives that CPA Bill Melton of the Silicon Valley accounting firm Abbott, Stringham & Lynch sees in his client base is equity compensation.

Cincinnati, Baltimore and Cleveland ranked highest among large cities in their tax favorability for businesses, according to a new study by KPMG, with New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., leading the way among smaller cities.