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The emergence over the past decade of new institutions and technologies that have made it easier for firms to obtain labor from self-employed contract workers instead of employees has spurred widespread speculation that the U.S. labor market is transitioning to a gig economy. But labor force surveys show no rise in the rate of self-employment since 2000, while the share of individuals reporting self-employment income on their tax returns increased dramatically from 2000 through 2018.

As of March 8, 2024, the IRS had received 62,761,000 tax returns, about 49% of the expected totals for the year.

Early filing data suggests a slow start to the filing season, with a nearly 20% downturn in tax returns received compared to the prior year—tax refunds are also down.

Traditionally, around two-thirds of taxpayers receive a refund at tax time. An analysis of Google search volume offers a look at those most anxious to receive a refund.

Early filing data suggests a slow start to the filing season, with a nearly 20% downturn in tax returns received compared to the prior year—tax refunds are also down.

The webinar on 22 February will showcase AI innovations in Adobes products that are redefining creative workflows.

Cyber units of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence attacked the tax system of Russia and managed to destroy the entire database and its backup copies. The intelligence adds that Russia will not be able to resuscitate its tax system fully.

TIME has recognised some Creative Cloud applications as part of the Best Inventions of 2023, with Photoshop’s Generative Fill and Generative Expand included in the Software and AI categories.

A five-fold-plus jump in corporate tax collections in August had helped limit the Centres fiscal deficit in the first five months of 2023-24 to 36 percent of the full-year target

Publications published tax returns that were apparently obtained through an alleged criminal act.