Tax

Tax form software developer Greatland Corporation has launched W-2 & 1099 Manager and FileTaxes.com Mobile, free mobile applications designed to help to manage year-end employee or contractor reporting via iPad and iPhone 3GS or newer versions.

Online metasearch product maker InfoSpace Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire online tax product provider TaxACT for $287.5 million in cash after the Justice Department blocked H&R Block from buying the company.

The Internal Revenue Service said Monday that its electronic filing system is now open for business tax returns.

Ernst & Young and its affiliates have begun reimbursing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees for any additional federal and state taxes they incur for their same-sex domestic partners’ medical benefits in the U.S., starting Jan. 1, 2012.

Retail giant Walmart will be providing free federal 1040EZ tax return filing through its partners H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt at more than 3,000 of its stores this tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to finally release its re-engineered Transcript Delivery System on Monday, just in time for tax season.

The Internal Revenue Service has extended innocent spouse relief to a greater number of taxpayers under newly proposed guidelines.

With individual filing season underway, it’s questionable how many taxpayers are aware of their use tax obligations, and actually track their Internet purchases during the year in order to accurately report and pay them.

While 2011 ended without many last-minute tax law changes aside from the payroll tax cut extension, taxpayers should still be aware of a number of changes.

The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2012 tax season on Wednesday by extending the tax-filing deadline until April 17.