The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun providing test results to tax return preparers who have taken the new return preparer competency test. Those who pass the test and a tax compliance check will be given a new designation: Registered Tax Return Preparer.

Business executives are growing increasingly confident about prospects for the U.S. economy and their own organizations over the next 12 months, according to the first quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has announced a major expansion of its “Fresh Start” initiative to help struggling taxpayers by taking steps to provide new penalty relief to the unemployed and making Installment Agreements available to more people.

The New Jersey Division of Taxation has a new service that allows taxpayers to check the status of their New Jersey income tax refund online.