Erin Slowey

Audits this spring will look at where inappropriate deductions were made and where personal travel by jet wasn’t logged as income.

If you audit or manage a startup company or other privately held business, don't overlook the treatment of stock-based compensation.

The Internal Revenue Service's Direct File pilot program has expanded beyond internal testing of its free tax preparation system to an expanded test in a dozen states.

The wealth management giant sees piles of cash waiting "on the sidelines" as a way to boost assets under management and profit margin.

Threats large and small in a fragmented channel of the industry make operating an independent advisory firm tougher than it may appear, experts say.

The IRS has helped keep the government from losing more than $1 billion from erroneous pandemic-era tax refunds.

The IRS’s partnership with the private sector to help taxpayers file returns for free appears to be getting a bump in use with the help of the launch of the agency-run pilot program this year.

The IRS’s free electronic filing tool pilot cost $24.6 million, significantly below early estimates, as the agency confronts a critical turning point on the future of the government-run program.

The IRS is promising it will stay tough in the next few years on large companies, partnerships, and individuals who aren't paying what they owe , amping up its ongoing efforts to collect billions in unpaid taxes.

The IRS has seen about $1 billion in incorrect employee retention credit claims just from its voluntary disclosure program alone as it continues to process applications in that program, an IRS official said Saturday.