Taxes December 19, 2025
2025-2026 Tax Season Guide to OBBBA Tax Law Changes – SPECIAL SERIES
This series of articles spotlights key tax issues and changes made to tax law in 2025 and the years to come as a result of the OBBBA.
February 19, 2013
Survey says 65.6% of Texans plan to pay down debt with their tax refunds
According to a survey by the Texas Credit Union League (League), 65.6 percent of Texans who participated in a recent League survey said they plan to use their tax refund to pay off debt. Similarly, 45.9 percent of Texans plan to use their refund to jump start their savings.
February 19, 2013
Leadership change at CCH SFS, maker of ATX tax software
ATX has long been a popular professional tax preparation system for small and mid-sized tax preparers, but this year many of these professionals have been less than pleased with the new version of the program.
February 15, 2013
City comptroller gets 19-year sentence for fraud; CPA auditors being sued
Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller for the small city of Dixon, Illinois, has received a prision sentence of 19 years and 7 months for embezzling millions from the city. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard.
February 15, 2013
Iowa lawmakers consider property tax plan that cuts $250 million
Iowa state senators have offered a revised $250 million, five-year plan to reduce commercial property taxes for most Iowa businesses via an annual state tax credit.
February 15, 2013
Newlyweds arrested for suspected tax fraud, ID theft
Two days after their house was searched, Jermell Cornelius Hickman married his girlfriend, Ebonie Hampton.
February 15, 2013
Former IRS agent pleads guilty to theft of funds
A Kansas woman formerly employed by the Internal Revenue Service faces up to 10 years in federal prison and fines after admitting she stole thousands in public funds, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.
February 14, 2013
Switzerland helping IRS find U.S. tax evaders
The U.S. and Switzerland have signed a pact to crack down on tax evaders by making Swiss banks reveal more information about offshore accounts held by Americans, the Treasury Department said Thursday.
February 14, 2013
New York payroll provider gets 30 months in prison
A man who was supposed to pay federal income taxes on behalf of several small business owners but didn't is going to prison for up 30 months.
February 13, 2013
Shorter tax filing season has some tax preparers scrambling, taxpayers waiting on income tax refunds
Tax preparers across the country are quickly getting into the busy time of the year: Tax season.
February 13, 2013
Pennsylvania lawyer indicted for tax evasion
A federal grand jury indicted the legal advocate for children in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania on charges of tax evasion and filing two false federal income tax returns stemming from her failure to report payments she received from parents.
February 13, 2013
Tax calculator speeds preparation of Form 8941 for small business tax credits
The online calculator tool is works for all 50 states for calculating lines 1-14 of the 2012 IRS Form 8941 for the tax preparer.
February 13, 2013
Illinois company gives employees ‘cost of government’ raises
What the government taketh away, one area company decided to replace.