WASHINGTON -- The IRS stopped accepting electronically filed tax returns on Wednesday due to issues with its computer systems, but "major refund disruptions" are not anticipated. A hardware failure ...

The Associating Press WASHINGTON -- The IRS took some of the sting out of an annual tax chore Tuesday and made free tax preparation programs available to virtually every taxpayer through a partnership ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Tax season is upon us. With municipal, state and federal taxes to file, there’s one question on my mind. What’s the cheapest and easiest way to get this done? Luckily, the IRS has a ...

On April 10, 2012 the Internal Revenue Service issued a reminder (IR-2012-45) that taxpayers unable to meet file their 2011 income tax return by the April 17, 2012 deadline, can obtain an automatic ...

WASHINGTON -- The IRS stopped accepting electronically filed tax returns Wednesday because of problems with some of its computer systems. The outage could affect refunds, but the agency said it ...

The Internal Revenue Service is planning to mandate a new electronic fingerprinting process for e-file applications for tax practitioners starting Sept. 25. In an email Wednesday to tax professionals, ...

The IRS plans to invite select taxpayers across 13 states to try out the agency’s pilot electronic free file tax return system beginning in January. The agency estimates that hundreds of thousands of ...

Electronic tax filing refers to various systems that enable individuals and small businesses to file their tax returns and make tax payments through electronic data transfer. In 1996, the Internal ...

For preparers, the site lets you register for IRS e-services, submit inquiries on tax issues, or obtain a preparer tax identification number, among a number of other tasks.