Tax

The Internal Revenue Service is allowing taxpayers to create online accounts through a live, virtual interview with agents, instead of submitting a selfie or other biometric data, after a backlash erupted over privacy concerns.

It's counterintuitive, but basic short selling can boost the after-tax return on an entire retirement portfolio.

In order for tax season to be successful, everyone must follow the system.

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee are asking Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to keep both parties in Congress involved in negotiations.

The former president and two of his adult children must testify in the New York Attorney General’s civil probe of the Trump Organization, a state judge ruled.

The service is expanding its capacity to process tax returns following criticisms from members of Congress about taxpayers waiting months for refunds.

Armanino appoints three to C-suite; Deloitte, Grant Thornton, BDO and Novogradac publish industry reports; and more CPA news.

Avalara certified 20 more application integrations with its own tax compliance software, including several accounting, ERP, e-commerce, POS, mobile commerce and CRM systems.

Refund madness; without oversight; waste not, definitely want not; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service had a backlog of over 17 million unprocessed tax returns from last year as of early February as the agency copes with an unprecedented workload during the current tax season.