Tax

A federal appeals court has overruled the Tax Court and sided with a taxpayer who overpaid her taxes and later filed for a refund.

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to make permanent the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, a tax break that encourages companies to hire veterans, people with disabilities and other groups who face barriers to employment, before it expires at the end of the year.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate and House have teamed up to introduce bipartisan legislation to assist tax-exempt cooperative organizations.

Even if House Democrats get their hands on Donald Trump’s tax returns, many of their biggest questions about the president’s finances will probably go unanswered.

Zapped; drug deals; doing the deduction shuffle; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Finance Committee, chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are asking the Internal Revenue Service to crack down on the people involved in the recent college admissions scandal.

The new tax law and the 35-day shutdown had an impact on the agency, but it still managed to process over 59 million returns by mid-season.

David Knoch, the president of 1st Global, is getting ready for the close of the acquisition of his financial advisory firm by Blucora, the parent company of HD Vest, and is making plans for aligning with a former rival.

Remember back in early 2016 when Donald Trump, who was still regarded as something of a long shot for the presidency, promised he would disclose his tax returns publicly — just like every other candidate had done voluntarily since 1973?

The Massachusetts Democrat submitted a formal request to the IRS commissioner asking for copies of Trump’s returns going back to 2013.