There are two primary accounting methods used by taxpayers: the cash method and the accrual method. A cash basis taxpayer ...

With a government shutdown on the way, federal agencies are taking steps to get ready—including the IRS. The IRS released its contingency plans on Thursday, Sept. 29 (you can read more about it here).

The Internal Revenue Code provides for the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights reflects a mandate that the IRS provide a level of service. The Bill of Rights raises questions, such as ...

A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) The IRS established a Taxpayer Experience Office to improve customer experience by establishing agency guidelines based ...

The IRS has unveiled a new Taxpayer Experience Office as part of a long-term plan to improve customer service issues. Taxpayers may see near-term boosts to customer call back, payment options, two-way ...

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins released her Annual Report to Congress on Wednesday, calling 2021 “the most challenging year taxpayers and tax professionals have ever experienced.” Lengthy ...

At the height of the pandemic, between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) received 2,976,415 calls—a 283% increase from the prior 12 months. Those calls were ...

Taxpayers' eagerness to use free software provided by the Internal Revenue Service to file their taxes may be exaggerated because of the way a survey was designed, according to a new report. The move ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS boosted taxpayer services through Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act but still faces processing claims from a coronavirus pandemic-era tax credit program and is slow to ...

Last year was the "most challenging year taxpayers and tax professionals have ever experienced," the Taxpayer Advocate said Wednesday in its latest annual report to Congress as the IRS gears up for ...

The court held that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over a taxpayer’s refund claim that did not meet the full-payment ...