IRS

The Internal Revenue Service is the revenue service of the United States federal government. The government agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who is appointed to a five-year term by the President of the United States.

(source: irs.gov)

Intel Unit Case Could Cost Big Tech $2B In Taxes
Intel Unit Case Could Cost Big Tech $2B In Taxes
September 03, 2019  |  Legal

A tax dispute between Intel and the Internal Revenue Service could cost large technology companies billions of dollars, according to a report by The Wall...

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IRS Finds Discrepancies In Crypto Holders’ Tax Returns
IRS Finds Discrepancies In Crypto Holders’ Tax Returns
August 16, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The Internal Revenue Service has issued another warning to cryptocurrency investors with federal returns that don’t match the information received from virtual currency exchanges. Bloomberg...

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IRS Cracking Down On Crypto-Holding Taxpayers
IRS Cracking Down On Crypto-Holding Taxpayers
July 26, 2019  |  Regulation

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is going to send letters to about 10,000 cryptocurrency holders warning them about the penalties they will face if they...

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Bitcoin Daily: Brazil Debuts Blockchain Solution For Gov’t Bids; BitFunder CEO Gets 14 Months For Crypto Fraud
Bitcoin Daily: Brazil Debuts Blockchain Solution For Gov’t Bids; BitFunder CEO Gets 14 Months For...
July 14, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

The Brazilian state of Bahia has rolled out a blockchain application to monitor the public bidding process of contracts with the government, Cointelegraph reported. Design...

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Law Curbs IRS’s Power To Raid SMB Bank Accounts
Law Curbs IRS’s Power To Raid SMB Bank Accounts
July 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Internal Revenue Service will have less power to raid small business bank accounts as the result of new legislation signed into law by President...

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More Corporate Tax Reform Ahead To Combat Global Tax-Dodging
More Corporate Tax Reform Ahead To Combat Global Tax-Dodging
June 03, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Corporate taxes have traveled to the top of organizations’ biggest areas of focus in recent years, largely as a result of U.S. tax reform efforts...

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Lawmakers Want FTC To Investigate H&R Block, TurboTax
Lawmakers Want FTC To Investigate H&R Block, TurboTax
May 05, 2019  |  Taxes

H&R Block and Intuit, the maker of TurboTax software, are facing calls from lawmakers for the Internal Revenue Service to cancel agreements with the companies...

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Medical Equipment Cos Charged In $1.2B Healthcare Fraud
Medical Equipment Cos Charged In $1.2B Healthcare Fraud
April 10, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

U.S. authorities announced that they have charged a number of individuals in connection with one of the biggest healthcare frauds ever prosecuted in the nation....

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It’s Tax Season — And Fraudsters Are Feasting
It’s Tax Season — And Fraudsters Are Feasting
March 11, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

One of the positive (or at least most promising) projects in the push toward more digital forms of payment and commerce concerns taxes — specifically, bringing...

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