Tax Tools

The Internal Revenue Service has supplemented its online tax account tool with some new self-service features for taxpayers and their preparers.

Audit myths; credits and whistleblowers; details of reform; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its online registration system for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act to allow foreign financial institutions to renew their agreement with the IRS.

Reasons to focus on complicated returns; 529 Day; in memory and in thanks; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The Big Four firm will offer tax analysis, research and newsletters through the Wolters Kluwer product.

The IRS will conduct its annual Memorial Day systems maintenance beginning Friday, May 26, at 6 p.m. EDT and ending on Tuesday, May 30, at 5 a.m. EDT.

Attorneys and leeches; poker, pro sports and debt; effects of IRS tardiness; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Summer plans; evaluating clients; succession planning; e-wills; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

H&R Block’s use of IBM’s Watson technology this past tax season is only one sign of the increasing involvement of artificial intelligence in tax preparation, with even Big Four firms like PricewaterhouseCoopers making major investments in AI for servicing their tax clients.

The partnership gives users of the business suite access to Vertex’s indirect tax solutions.