Government scrutiny is starting to go along with Google like grape jelly goes along with peanut butter. This time it’s not the DoJ or the FTC or the Senate, but the IRS – the United States Internal Revenue Service. A …

The Internal Revenue Service has introduced IRS2Go, its first smartphone app that allows people to check on the status of their tax refund and receive tax information.

"This new smart phone app reflects our commitment to modernizing the agency and engaging taxpayers where they want when they want it," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman.

"As technology evolves and younger taxpayers get their information in new ways, we will keep innovating to make it easy for all taxpayers to access helpful information."

Update: Ok, make that multiple Facebook groups…(via Business Insider)

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that starting on January 16 it is expanding its e-file program for 2008 federal tax returns.

IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman recommends taxpayers consider e-file this year as the best option to file accurate tax returns and receive fast refunds. The e-file program includes new improvements to the Free File program that will allow nearly all taxpayers to e-file for free.

The U.S. Treasury Department wants to crack down on Internet businesses like eBay and Amazon.com and require them to share their customer’s personal data with the Internal Revenue Service.

An overwhelming number of last minute US income tax filers obliterated Intuit’s capacity to handle their tax returns, leading to a lot of frustration and worries about punitive IRS action.

With tax season here and the deadline looming for Americans to make their annual payments to Uncle Sam more people are filing their taxes online.

Many sellers on eBay likely report their gains for tax purposes as they are required to do. Some people may not know they are supposed to do this, or actively choose not to pay. The Internal Revenue Service wants to make eBay and other auction sites part of the process that reports that income.

Symantec apparently underreported the value of transfers it made of intellectual property to a pair of foreign subsidiaries after its purchase of Veritas.

The honeymoon may be over for PayPal clients using their accounts to funnel money from offshore and avoid the Internal Revenue Service. A federal court in California granted the IRS permission to seek account information from the eBay-owned company.

The Internal Revenue Service began the process for obtaining information from eBay-owned PayPal on certain money transfers outside the US.

During its earnings announcement, Google noted how higher than expected taxes caused the company to miss Wall Street expectations.

The AFP reports that Bill Gates told a Microsoft conference in Lisbon that he has so much money, the IRS needs a seperate, special computer just for his financial information.

The non-profit Creative Commons licensing project needs to raise $225,000 by the end of 2005 to face down the IRS requirement of “public support.”

Some customers may be using offshore credit cards to evade paying income taxes and illegally transferring money out of the country.

The IRS has recovered $3.2 billion in unpaid taxes, interest, and penalties from taxpayers who used the “Son of Boss” tax shelter.

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As part of its dispute with the IRS,GlaxoSmithKline has received a claim for additional taxes that the US government asserts legacy company, Glaxo Wellcome owes for the years 1997-2000.

Sorry to crash your party, but as we bring in the New Year, it’s also time to bring in a New Tax Season.

We all love to criticize the IRS, don’t we? And I’m just as guilty as anyone. It’s easy to ridicule a huge organization of government bureaucrats who often seem to be Public Enemy #1.

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