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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The 26-year history of the case began as an audit procedure and evolved into a constitutional issue.
May 13 -
And while they’re paying less, they’re reserving judgement on the final impact of the act.
May 7 -
In a decision underscoring the importance of maintaining corporate status with a state, the Tax Court dismissed the petition of a corporation because it was not timely filed by parties with the legal capacity to engage in litigation before the court.
May 3 -
Congressional hearings show how political priorities color views of tax reform.
May 2 -
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A Florida accountant lost his battle to prove his yacht charter business was operated for profit.
April 30 -
This provision of the TJCA gives ordinary workers better access to an executive perk.
April 30 -
The Senate looks to ease the burden on taxpayers who travel to work in multiple states.
April 23 -
A federal appeals court reversed a district court’s judgment, holding that taxpayers could not rely on the common law mailbox rule to show that an amended return had been timely filed in order to claim a tax refund.
April 19 -
The justices questioned a state’s ability to tax income from a trust based on the beneficiaries residing there before taking any distributions.
April 17 -
Argued a century ago, Eisner v. Macomber helped establish the treatment of dividends.
April 15 -
It’s tax time for everyone, but for entrepreneurs in the rapidly growing cannabis business, it’s a particular challenge.
April 9 -
A federal appeals court has overruled the Tax Court and sided with a taxpayer who overpaid her taxes and later filed for a refund.
April 8 -
Better client management processes will lead to a happier tax season.
April 2 -
Preparer reactions to filing season this year are … complicated.
April 2 -
The Tax Court has ruled that a whistleblower may challenge an IRS award decision when the whistleblower provides new information in a later supplemental form.
March 29 -
The next steps in the ongoing responses to the Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair decision.
March 29 -
These red flags always draw the IRS’s attention.
March 26 -
In a case involving treaty rights versus state taxation, the justices narrowly decided in favor of tribal members.
March 20 -
Pushing back Tax Day would bring a number of unintended consequences.
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