The government shutdown is impacting federal services, such as website and social media updates, with some services limited ...

Having a wealth of online resources at your disposal at tax time can relieve some of the stress and confusion that many people face when they're dealing with their returns. Go straight to the source: ...

Taxpayers and tax practitioners vising the IRS online will find a redesigned IRS.gov website, which is scheduled to go live on Aug. 30; however, the IRS also announced that it is taking down several ...

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Despite the government shutdown, taxpayers who requested extensions for their tax returns last year must still meet the ...

Don’t be fooled by a realistic-looking, but phoney Internal Revenue Service website. It’s a phishing scam. The scammers have set up a fake IRS website, supposedly offering tax preparation products.

A tiny government website is generating fear, resistance and adoration. That website is IRS Direct File, which was well reviewed but little used in its 2024 debut as a free alternative to online tax ...

Cybersecurity experts expect a significant surge in tax-related scams in the final month before Tax Day. Security software company DNSFilter found that traffic to malicious domains with "tax" in the ...

Taxpayers are flocking to the IRS website to check their refund status as filing season reaches the one-month countdown. Nearly 380 million taxpayers visited the agency’s website last week, an 18% ...

But the IRS is no doubt preparing for the possibility of a shutdown. "There's this legal framework around government spending, and the Anti-Deficiency Act basically says you can't spend that which you ...