How long should tax professionals hold onto the e-file signature authorizations of their clients? It depends on where they and their clients reside. Form 8879, "IRS e-file Signature Authorization," is ...

The AICPA Tax Executive Committee (TEC) has sent the IRS a letter requesting the Service update and modernize its e-filing signature requirements in four areas in response to the COVID-19 pandemic but ...

The IRS in an internal memo Friday identified a range of forms for which it will temporarily allow required signatures in electronic or digital form. The forms are fileable only on paper but otherwise ...

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it would temporarily allow the use of digital e-signatures on some forms that can’t be filed electronically to reduce the risk to taxpayers and tax ...

Most taxpayers and tax preparers this year will use IRS e-file to file their tax returns or get extensions of time to file. During this process, they will not have to send a single scrap of paper to ...