Tax Strategies

A Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would provide all U.S. taxpayers with immunity from IRS penalties and interest, but the main goal seems to be tweaking his Democratic colleagues.

The House has approved an $819 billion economic stimulus package despite unanimous Republican opposition.

Former H&R Block Chairman and CEO Mark Ernst has taken a job with the Internal Revenue Service as deputy commissioner for operations support.

The Senate Finance Committee has approved approximately $522 billion in tax cuts, incentives and investments by a vote of 14-9.

Congress and the Obama administration are crafting what is shaping up to be the single most expensive spending bill in American history, and nobody can agree on whether it will work.

The Senate Finance Committee is considering President Obama's economic stimulus package as leaders call for increased tax cuts.

Online sales tax management software developer SpeedTax has introduced business partner programs for technology consultants who resell products from Sage, Microsoft and Intuit.

South Florida accounting firm Daszkal Bolton is the latest to offer services to clients who have suffered losses from Bernard Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

The House Ways and Means Committee has passed a bill containing $275 billion in tax cuts as part of the overall economic stimulus package, approving it on a party-line vote of 24 to 13.

A former investment advisor has pleaded guilty to helping Ernst & Young market illegal tax shelters.