Income tax
Taxpayer Advocate addresses tax preparer oversight, OIC, taxpayer services
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson delivered a report to Congress this week that identifies the priority issues the Office of the Taxpayer Advoc...
How to lose $7 billion in taxpayer money without really trying
How did the IRS manage to pay out $7 billion in improper child tax credits in the tax years, 2004-2007? That's the question that the Treasury Inspecto...
Contrary to reports, DOJ will continue probe of UBS Swiss bank account holders
Earlier this year we reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission had filed an enforcement action against UBS AG, claiming that UBS aided U.S....
Filing errors spur TIGTA to recommend changes to Form 1040
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could reduce the number of errors made by individual taxpayers by clarifying instructions on and improving the layo...
TIGTA and IRS disagree about need to inform elderly about withholding options
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should increase its efforts to educate elderly taxpayers about potential exemptions from withholding tax on certain...
IRS calls on Congress to repeal "burdensome" cell phone tax rules
Just days after announcing a new attempt to get a handle on taxing the business portion of cell phone use by suggesting a flat 75% business/25% person...
Personal calls on your employer's cell phone? New tax rules may soon apply
Editor's Note: In the days since this article was written, the IRS has reversed its position on taxation of personal use of a business cell phone and ...
The case for regulating unlicensed tax preparers
In the last two years alone, the IRS has uncovered and investigated more than 600 cases of tax preparer fraud. Of those, 356 have been convicted. Of c...
