The Internal Revenue Service is taking steps to stop tax preparers with criminal tax convictions or permanent injunctions from preparing tax returns. More than 700,000 tax preparers nationwide have registered ...

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As the April 18 tax deadline approaches, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is asking taxpayers to notify his office of any unsolicited email messages disguised as official communications from the Internal Revenue Service or tax preparation companies ...

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The Internal Revenue Service recently issued guidance on a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires employers to report the cost of health coverage on employees’ W-2 forms. The requirement is informational only ...

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HOLTSVILLE — Nearly 60 workers at an Internal Revenue Service office on eastern Long Island were briefly evacuated after an employee opened an envelope containing a suspicious powder. An IRS spokeswoman says the substance was later determined to be baking soda.

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WASHINGTON — Bipartisan leaders in Congress are vowing to spare more than 21 million taxpayers from significant tax increases when they file their returns next spring by adjusting the alternative minimum tax before the end of the year.

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The Internal Revenue Service announced the award of more than $11 million in matching grants to support its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The Empire Justice Center will receive $110,000.

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The IRS is expanding its list of targets and implementing new filing requirements as part of an effort to nab more tax evaders. William P. Marshall, director of examination for the IRS’s North Atlantic area ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donors to nonprofit groups that are spending millions on political ads this election have escaped public scrutiny because their donations don’t have to be disclosed. But can they escape a hefty a tax bite?

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Outrageous claims? The Internal Revenue Service has heard them all. From the taxpayer who claims she is not a “person” as defined by the IRS and therefore not subject to federal income tax laws ...

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The IRS is taking a closer look at tax exempt organizations that engage in unrelated business activity and, rather than reporting taxable income instead report large loss carryforwards.

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NEW YORK CITY — The IRS said Thursday it will end its policy of releasing information about back taxes and other debts owed by taxpayers in the coming tax season. The information, called debt indicators ...

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The IRS is taking a close look at tax exempt organizations that engage in unrelated business activity but rather than reporting taxable income instead report large loss carryforwards.

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