Tax season

The threat of a government shutdown receded Friday, but the IRS would nevertheless still operate during tax season, even at lower capacity, in the event of a shutdown.

Everyone knows tax pros don't make mistakes, but it can't hurt to doublecheck for these mistakes before filing.

The newest edition of the Internal Revenue Service's Dirty Dozen tax scams shows that fraudsters going at it as strong as ever.

A group of former commissioners at the Internal Revenue Service is sounding the alarm about the thousands of layoffs at the agency in the midst of tax season.

The threatened layoffs appeared to be underway Thursday, with estimates of between 6,000 and 7,000 employees being fired in the middle of tax-filing season.

The IRS kicked off tax season facing a hiring freeze imposed by President Trump in an executive order and uncertainty over $20 billion in budget cuts.

The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual inflation adjustments for tax year 2025, including changes in the standard deduction, marginal rates, tax credits and more.

After my last column about spreading out the tax season, several readers contacted me to share their experiences about making busy season more sane.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking at improvements in services and technology for both taxpayers and tax professionals.

Turns out clients are as mistaken about tax preparers as they are about taxes.

There are just three things clients want to know at tax time, and video summaries can provide the answers.

The annual rush to pay Uncle Sam means the Treasury doesn't need to issue as much short-term debt as in other months to fund the U.S. government.

With tax authorities scrutinizing partnerships, CPAs and tax pros need to think more strategically about filing for extensions.

WTF CPAs has used artificial intelligence to get a jump on busy season, just in time for April 1.

The reality is that traditional 'one and done' software training is insufficient.

What if you viewed busy season as an opportunity to make continuous improvement?

The Internal Revenue Service has revised the question it has asked in recent years about income from digital assets such as cryptocurrency on the Form 1040 for individual taxpayers this tax season and added it for the first time to tax forms for estates, trusts, partnerships and C and S corporations.

The service reported on its increased enforcement efforts on Friday, including collecting over half a billion dollars from millionaires who didn't pay their taxes.

The Treasury secretary addressed a group of service employees as the agency fends off cuts pushed by House Republicans.

With the final stats from this year's filing in, it seems clear that it was one of the most normal in years.