Top issues and changes for the filing season that’s just begun. Inspector general faults IRS Free File program → | By Michael Cohn 5 min read | The complexity and insufficient oversight of the IRS’s Free File program, which is supposed to provide free tax software to most taxpayers, results in low taxpayer participation in the program, according to a new government report. | | Gifts that keep on giving → | By John P. Napolitano 6 min read | Your clients’ complex financial lives offer major opportunities. | | MSCPA hosts bi-annual Educators Conference → | By Sean McCabe 1 min read | The Massachusetts Society of CPAs discussed the future of the profession and the impact of modern technology at the first of two gatherings this year. | | |