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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Accountants play a critical role in helping clients get relief.
April 29 -
A timely reminder that not all tax rules have been suspended.
April 28 -
While the new stimulus package provides much-needed additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, it made no significant changes to the process of qualifying for a loan.
April 23 -
To help taxpayers struggling with the pandemic, the service will suspend most collection activities.
April 21 -
As businesses look for funding, this new-old method may be worth a look.
April 14 -
The coronavirus has caught a number of states off guard, threatening their revenue and impairing their ability to meet obligations that have grown as a result of the epidemic.
April 7 -
Managing filing dates, payment dates, and scheduled tax payments is even more complicated this year, thanks to the coronavirus.
April 1 -
Maryland and California are the main fronts in a continuing war.
March 30 -
The measure contains tax relief for both businesses and individuals, and other stimulus measures.
March 27 -
Coronavirus, postponed deadlines, stimulus bills and social distancing bring new levels of complexity to tax.
March 24 -
The decision means companies and subsidiaries will want to establish clear tax allocation agreements.
March 23 -
The Treasury is still encouraging taxpayers to file by April 15
March 17 -
A congressional hearing highlights the ways the sales tax decision is impacting those least able to bear it.
March 10 -
NCCPAP's Stephen Mankowski offers an inside look at the service's latest initiatives.
March 4 -
Chuck McCabe of The Income Tax School explains the art of getting selected for a media story.
March 3 -
Here’s hoping that fewer last-minute changes will make for easier filing.
February 27 -
Maryland and Nebraska may pioneer digital advertising taxes.
February 27 -
The Supreme Court vacated and remanded Tuesday an appeals court decision that found under federal common law, a tax refund due from a joint tax return generally belongs to the company responsible for the losses that form the basis of the refund, rejecting a nearly half-century-old precedent.
February 25 -
The justices let stand an appeals ruling that precluded a tax refund to movie producers, deferring to an IRS regulation that ended the common-law mailbox rule for refund claims, even though Clarence Thomas reversed his position on an earlier case.
February 25 -
A congressional explanation unearths an overlooked benefit from tax reform.
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