Tax

Contemptuous; fashion misstatements; handwritten document; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service added six more forms to the 10 that support e-signatures.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to mail out letters later this month to an estimated 9 million non-filers, encouraging them to claim their economic impact payments by an Oct. 15 deadline.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve how it handles third-party requests for access to taxpayer information and electronic signatures from representatives such as CPAs, enrolled agents and attorneys that could leave taxpayers at risk of identity theft, according to a new report.

But enough issues remain that employers are not over-enthusiastic about the option, experts say.

The coronavirus delay to July 15 helped the tax preparation chain launch its FY 2021.

Senate leaders will be trying to hold their parties together for a vote Thursday to advance a slimmed-down stimulus bill that Democrats have already rejected, with both sides jockeying for advantage in public perceptions two months before the election.

The pandemic may encourage business owners to ‘borrow’ from the government.

The Democratic presidential nominee is proposing a 10 percent tax penalty on companies that move operations overseas and a 10 percent tax credit for companies that create jobs in the U.S.

Deferring payroll taxes; another way to track EIPs; managing needy clients; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.