Tax

The political network backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch is launching a $4 million advertising campaign against two Senate Democrats facing re-election in 2018, as it starts to fulfill a pledge to spend $20 million selling the federal tax overhaul passed late last year.

The Trump administration has no formal proposal on the table for a so-called reciprocal tax on imports, according to a U.S. official who sought to clarify whether a levy that risks escalating tensions with key trading partners would be enacted.

Taxpayers who prepare their own returns can sometimes end up being new clients.

With the season underway, preparers are still fine-tuning software, workflow and clients’ ability to realize that reform generally doesn’t affect the returns worked on now.

IRS attorneys clear the way for automatic first-time penalty abatement.

A few accountants recently called me to vent about being shorthanded and asked for suggestions on how they could get through tax season without turning down any business or dropping clients.

The National Association of Enrolled Agents asked its tax experts the best practices clients should follow when working with a tax professional, and gave some helpful advice from an online survey whose results were released Monday.

A Florida CPA was sentenced in federal court in Boston for multiple counts of tax fraud and obstructing the Internal Revenue Code.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do more to prevent inactive Employer Identification Numbers from being used to commit business identity theft and tax fraud, according to a new government report.

Oil companies that have claimed more than a billion dollars in tax credits for burying carbon dioxide underground just got a windfall from Congress, which expanded that incentive as part of the government spending bill signed into law on Friday.