One scam that made the IRS' annual dirty dozen list involves swindlers pretending to be legitimate tax preparers. They may ...

If you e-filed your return, you can expect to see status updates roughly 24 hours after submitting it. If you e-file a prior ...

A reported plan to cut staff at the agency by half and uncertainty over the future of its free tax filing program could have ...

A Nigerian national living in Mexico has been extradited to the United States for his role in a scheme to break into ...

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced that IRS Chief Operating Officer Melanie Krause will become acting IRS ...

The newly appointed deputy director of the F.B.I. has a long history of criticizing the bureau and its leadership. He has promised “dramatic change.” ...

Give the IRS enough resources, his reasoning went, and you could collect more taxes without increasing the burden on ...

We asked financial professionals what they are telling clients about filing their returns this year and mitigating tax bills ...

Ranging from email schemes to misleading tax credits, many items on the list peak during filing season as people prepare ...

Humans are so creative, so persistent. Take thieves, frauds and scammers. As long as there are dollars in someone’s bank account, there are other people devising ways to siphon those dollars and claim ...

Since the start of tax season, the IRS has issued more than $100 billion in tax refunds to Americans, with the average refund ...

The creation of Direct File was in large part the work of 18F, an in-house government tech consultancy. On March 1st Thomas ...