Income Tax

The dawn of 2013 brought the biggest tax changes in more than a decade and this dramatic reshaping of the tax code will change tax planning according to Grant Thornton LLP.

Last year, it was the fiscal cliff that delayed the start of tax season- this coming year, blame it on the partial government shutdown.

With the end of the government shutdown, farmers and advocates for those who rely on federal food assistance programs are pushing for a new farm bill to win approval from Congress. The day after the government reopened this week, President Barack Obama called a new farm bill his third legislative priority, after a budget deal and immigration reform.

The federal fiscal uncertainty stands to hit Virginia harder than any other state, a new survey finds.

The federal Internal Revenue Service had announced in August that it would allow same-sex couples to file as a married couple if they were married in a state that allows it, even if they live in a state that doesn't.

Federal agents swept through South Florida this week to arrest about 40 people charged with the viral-spreading crimes of identity theft and tax-refund fraud.

Parents involved in two Dallas-Fort Worth-area youth sport leagues were stunned recently to learn that women they trusted had been accused of stealing money from their kids' sports organizations.

A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday in a scam that obtained identification information from people who thought they were applying for jobs and used it to file phony tax returns.