
Tax Filing Season by the Numbers: Refunds, Paper, and Preparers
The upcoming tax filing season will be a test to see if the IRS can function in the face of vast changes—a shrinking the workforce, budget cuts, and regulatory cutbacks.

The upcoming tax filing season will be a test to see if the IRS can function in the face of vast changes—a shrinking the workforce, budget cuts, and regulatory cutbacks.
Significant litigation wins in 2025 are likely to embolden taxpayers to expand their use of certain challenges to state tax laws in the coming year.

Countries at the United Nations are looking at sweeping changes to transfer pricing rules as they design a tax treaty acceptable to developing economies. But easing access to transfer pricing information could emerge as a more realistic outcome.
This is Bloomberg Tax’s roundup of the top five business Tax Management Memorandum articles of 2025.
Read Bloomberg Tax’s roundup of the top five Tax Management International Journal articles of 2025.
The IRS’s heightened focus on enhancing collection efforts through AI and technological advancements, coupled with recent court ruling, signals a shift in tax collection practices.
The IRS has published a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §1400Z and Treas. Reg. §§301.9100 and 1.1400Z2, granting a 60-day extension to file Form 8996 with an amended tax return ...
The IRS has published a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §1400Z and Treas. Reg. §§301.9100 and 1.1400Z2, granting a 60-day extension to file Form 8996 to elect self-certification as a ...
The IRS has published a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §754, and Treas. Reg. §301.9100, granting a partnership a 120-day extension to make a late §754 election for property basis ...
Since President Donald Trump took office, the IRS has faced transformative changes, including a substantial reduction in its workforce and the appointment of seven different commissioners or acting commissioners.
A panel of economic luminaries said the long-run risk posed by mounting federal debt represented a paramount problem facing the US economy.
This week, experts examined the upcoming tax filing season, Hawaii’s cruise ship tax, and more.
Hawaii’s environmental tax on cruise ships is on hold pending resolution of a Ninth Circuit appeal from a federal judge’s order allowing the state to collect the tax.
The Andorran Official Gazette Dec. 31, 2025 published an order announcing that the DTA with the U.K., signed Feb. 20, 2025, entered into force Dec. 22, 2025. [Andorra, Government Portal, ...
The Argentine Treasury Dec. 31, 2025, posted a synthesized text, in English and Spanish, of the 1996 DTA and protocol with the Netherlands and the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax ...
Omani News Agency (ONA) Dec. 31, 2025, announced the issuance of Royal Decree Nos. 109/2025 and 110/2025, ratifying the air services agreements with the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, signed ...
The Polish lower house of parliament (Sejm) Dec. 29, 2025 accepted for consideration Bill No. 2106, to amend provisions on the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) on financial accounts, to ...
The Chilean Internal Revenue Service Dec. 18, 2025 issued Letter No. 2627, clarifying VAT obligations for services provided by a nonresident entity. The taxpayer, a Spanish company, inquired about the ...
The Croatian Official Gazette Dec. 30, 2025, published Law No. 44, announcing that the international road transport agreement with Mongolia, signed July 17, 2025, enters into force Jan. 8. [Croatia, ...
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