Tax

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing Wednesday on ways to provide energy-related tax incentives to encourage more “green” jobs.

The Internal Revenue Service said that members of the military and certain civilians providing earthquake relief in Haiti have additional time to file their 2009 returns and pay any taxes due.

IBM has introduced software to help governments around the world collect delinquent tax debt.

Paychex has introduced a new Web page and online calculator to help businesses determine their tax savings if they take advantage of the recently passed HIRE Act to hire new employees.

Both the American Institute of CPAs and the American Bar Association Section of Taxation have urged Congress to correct the current state of federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes.

With economic uncertainty still lingering, many Americans plan to use their tax refunds conservatively, according to a new survey.

Vertex has enhanced its corporate tax software, the Indirect Tax O Series, with extra features including better management of tax exemption certificates.

CCH has provided a list of the biggest tax breaks from last year that individuals can take on their 2009 tax returns.

Tea Party activists are planning an Online Tax Revolt that will send an army of avatars on a virtual march on Washington on Tax Day, April 15.

Syracuse University's Transactional Records AccessClearinghouse has added an app to its recently released annual report on theIRS that lets users drill down to tax return information across all 50 statesand every one of more than 3,000 counties.