Roger Russell is a senior editor at Accounting Today. He focuses on tax developments and compliance, and professional liability issues affecting CPAs. He is a tax attorney and has been a researcher and analyst at several major tax publishing companies.
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A taxpayer suit seeks to overturn a huge tax break for the online retailer.
February 28 -
Better IRS phone service, overly aggressive ERC claims, a talent shortage, and other top topics of filing season.
February 24 -
A tax season update from Stephen Mankowski of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners.
February 22 -
The experts at Grant Thornton share their state and local tax predictions for the year.
February 16 -
The Avalara Tax Changes Report highlights a number of major trends in sales tax compliance and more.
February 14 -
State PTE taxes, Maryland's digital ads tax and tax rate reductions are at the forefront.
February 7 -
And they look likely to stay high, suggests a new report from Vertex.
February 7 -
Practitioners are hoping for a more normal filing season.
February 2 -
The vulnerability of the Social Security number isn't helping, either.
January 31 -
The Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit issue separate rulings on the controversial law that would prevent states from lowering taxes after accepting federal aid.
January 25 -
An appeals court ruling could cost the Golden State billions in unpaid sales taxes.
January 17 -
The question is whether legal advice was the primary purpose of a communication, or just one significant purpose among others.
January 10 -
If the 'secondary' spouse makes a balance-due payment to the IRS, it may not get credited to their account.
January 3 -
The list of potential roadblocks is relatively short — and just got shorter.
December 29 -
At issue is whether the IRS needs to tell taxpayers when it gathers information about their bank accounts and other records.
December 27 -
40 critical regulations, court decisions, laws, IRS proposals and other major changes to the tax landscape from the past 12 months.
December 15 -
Plus, other updates from the agency around the Practitioners Priority Service, the Information Return Intake System and more.
December 13 -
Padgett Business Service's Roger Harris is asking Congress to hold off, and consider raising the payment threshold.
December 7 -
The court decision striking down the DAT has implications for other states, and for the future of a global minimum tax.
December 2 -
The Sixth Circuit prohibited the Treasury from enforcing the tax mandate against Tennessee, though it also held that Kentucky lacked standing in its challenge.
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