Tax

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners appointed a new CEO and president, Bruce Dorris, succeeding longtime leader Jim Ratley, who will be retiring.

The bipartisan budget deal signed into law Friday by President Trump contains 36 tax extenders that had expired at the end of 2016 and makes them retroactive to 2017.

The Internal Revenue Service, fresh off its success in uncovering U.S. assets hidden in Swiss banks, has assigned elite criminal agents to investigate whether Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are being used to cheat the taxman.

Tucked inside the bipartisan budget deal are a slew of tax breaks for NASCAR, Hollywood, racehorses and rum. And beer, too.

Eighteen months, guaranteed; former CPA, current inmate; trust them not; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Internal Revenue Service to provide relief from tax penalties to taxpayers who are required for the first time to file information returns related to Controlled Foreign Corporations.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will nominate California tax attorney Charles “Chuck” Rettig to lead the Internal Revenue Service as it puts the Republican tax overhaul into practice.

Ever since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the headlines have been buzzing about the resulting income tax consequences for individuals and businesses, but what about the intersection with estate planning?

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it saw dramatic declines in tax-related identity theft last year, thanks to the effort of the Security Summit, which brings together the IRS with state tax authorities and the tax industry.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on improving its authentication processes after a string of data breaches on some of its e-Services and online apps, but some of the improvements haven’t been completely implemented, according to a new report.