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A fresh AI oversight proposal is moving toward audits and incident reporting, but the accounting profession knows the record has to exist before the review begins.
A credit many employers treated as temporary now belongs in the regular tax planning calendar.
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The agency is paying out too many questionable credits, and fixing it is harder than it sounds.
Firms blame the extension deadline, but the real pileup starts when summer becomes dead time.
Crypto clients are getting paper notices that send them to fake IRS sites before firms ever see the damage.
Firms want talent, students want experience, and too many qualified candidates still get stuck outside the door.
Final regulations give tax pros a sharper reason to revisit charitable remainder annuity trust planning before a client letter turns into a penalty conversation.
The agency is reminding taxpayers that whistleblower tips have already turned into real collections, real awards, and real enforcement pressure.
A new federal scholarship credit could touch tens of millions of families, but the real tax answer depends on what each state does next.