The IRS has not gone far enough in implementing best practices at its Service Operations Command Center, which ensures the normal operation of mainframes and servers used to receive and process tax returns.

President Obama doesn't want the "payroll tax holiday" for workers to end. The administration is calling for an extension of the 2 percent payroll tax break as a way to reinvigorate the economy.

On August 9, delegates to the fifty-third NTEU National Convention elected Colleen M. Kelley to a fourth term as president by a decisive 86-to-14-percent margin over her lone challenger. As the nation's largest independent federal union, NTEU represents 150,000 employees in thirty-one agencies and departments, including the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Homeland Security.

All of the members of the Super Panel have been seated. Now we'll have to wait to see what they work out behind closed doors.

As a new school year beckons, parents may be enrolling their young children in kindergarten and various other after-school programs. Can taxpayers claim the dependent care credit for any part of those expenses?

The Senate approved the bipartisan bill last week, voting 74-26. The legislation will raise the debt ceiling $900 billion and cut government spending, which Representative Steve Stivers (R-OH) calls "not perfect, but the package as a whole helps small businesses...."

Despite earlier reports, passengers who booked flights before certain excise taxes for airline travel expired won't be entitled to tax refunds after all.

The IRS has announced that it is requiring employers to manually enter Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) on Forms W-2 for all taxpayers with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) who report wages.

Tax return preparers need to alert their clients to tax scam artists who might mislead them or persuade them to file false claims for tax credits or rebates. According to the IRS, there has been an increase in tax return-related scams.