Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
Taxes August 27, 2025
IRS Aims to Withdraw Disregarded Payment Loss Rules
The Treasury Department and the IRS said Aug. 20 that they intend to issue proposed regulations withdrawing the DPL rules and related modifications to the dual consolidated loss rules that were finalized toward the end of the Biden administration.
Taxes August 27, 2025
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Concealing $2.8M in Income from Taxes
Jason Smith of Kerrville, TX faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison for each count of filing a false tax return, as well as a period of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties.
Taxes August 27, 2025
H&R Block Sent Workers Home to Celebrate Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Engagement
In an email to employees, H&R Block Chief People Officer Tiffany Monroe congratulated Swift and Kelce and also H&R Block staff "for being part of the only company that understands that life changes = tax changes."
IRS August 26, 2025
IRS Unveils 2026 Draft W-2 Form with Trump Tax Law Provisions
The IRS released a draft W-2 form for 2026 on Aug. 15 that takes into account tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for deductions related to tip income and overtime pay.
Taxes August 26, 2025
IRS Issues Fact Sheet on Expiring Clean Energy Tax Incentives
The IRS on Aug. 21 issued a fact sheet containing frequently asked questions about Biden-era clean energy tax credits and deductions soon to expire under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Taxes August 26, 2025
Trump Vows Export Curbs, Tariffs in Digital Tax Reprisal
The president threatened to impose fresh tariffs and export restrictions on advanced technology and semiconductors in retaliation against other nations’ digital services taxes that target U.S. technology companies.
Taxes August 25, 2025
IRS Says Tax Interest Rates to Stay Unchanged for Q4 of 2025
For individuals, the rate for overpayments and underpayments will be 7% per year, compounded daily, the IRS said on Aug. 25.
Taxes August 25, 2025
‘Ghost’ Tax Preparer Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud
Kim Brown, 40, of Augusta, GA, pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false income tax returns, according to the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
IRS August 25, 2025
Taxpayer Input Sought on Free Tax Filing Options as IRS Direct File Faces Elimination
Taxpayers have through Sept. 5 to fill out a survey that will be presented to Congress, as the Biden-era program that allows taxpayers to file their taxes for free is at risk of being shut down.
Taxes August 25, 2025
Why a Cannabis Tax Cut Could Spell Trouble for Children in California
A fight over taxes consumers pay for cannabis products has prompted a standoff between unusual adversaries: child-care advocates and the legal weed industry.
Taxes August 25, 2025
OnlyFans Creator Made $5.4M But Didn’t Pay Her Taxes, Feds Say
Kylie Leia Perez, who lives in Tampa, FL, and uses the stage name “Natalie Monroe,” owes the IRS at least $1.6 million in back taxes, the U.S. Attorney's Office said on Aug. 14.
Taxes August 24, 2025
Congressmen Push for Tariffs to Help Home-State Companies
Retaliatory tariffs during Trump’s first term prompted domestic turmoil for some key industries in Republican-lean states, including Kentucky bourbon and Wisconsin-based Harley-Davidson motorcycles.