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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In an unusual move, CPA Fiona Ma has urged the state supreme court to take up the case.
March 21 -
Some professionals are predicting that the IRS will start looking more closely at the willful versus nonwillful standard in filing the form late or incorrectly.
March 16 -
Shady operators and questionable calculators make the Employee Retention Credit a risky area for practitioners.
March 14 -
A look at how filing season is going, five weeks in.
March 7 -
The high court handed down rulings in FBAR penalty and state escheat cases.
February 28 -
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.
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