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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An all-electronic vision, security concerns, and other highlights from the latest IRS National Public Liaison meeting.
October 16 -
A dispensary owner becomes the first person sentenced for marijuana-related tax crimes.
October 9 -
Accounting firms need to brace themselves for liability issues old and new.
October 5 -
10 states enacted economic nexus laws on Oct. 1 – and more are coming.
October 2 -
The attempt to build on the TCJA may bog down in the Senate.
September 25 -
14 steps clients and practitioners should look to improve in 2019.
September 25 -
Colorado’s moves highlight the potential for the decision to unleash a patchwork of burdensome and confusing state sales tax rules.
September 18 -
John Karaffa of ProSport CPA shares the ins and outs of tax planning for professional athletes.
September 11 -
A recent survey identifies several areas where biz owners could use some professional advice.
September 4 -
The ramifications of the Supreme Court sales tax decision go on and on.
September 4 -
Tax reform, the cannabis industry and cyberthreats are just three of the dangers that are looming large in malpractice insurers’ nightmares.
August 31 -
The TCJA’s changes to alimony deductibility make good advice more important than ever.
August 21 -
The decision legitimizes a voluntary IRS program that allows participants a limited right to represent taxpayers in IRS audits.
August 17 -
Experts warn the proposals on qualified business income of pass-throughs are complicated, though.
August 14 -
The death of an appeals court judge is throwing open a high-profile tax case once again.
August 8 -
Facing the loss of a valuable deduction, high-tax states file a lawsuit.
August 7 -
Parsing the ramifications of the Supreme Court decision
August 3 -
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act offers accounting firms an opportunity to go beyond their traditional compliance services.
July 31 -
Businesses are struggling to wrap their heads around the implications of the decision.
July 31 -
In a case involving how expenses are allocated between corporate domestic and overseas operations, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed on Tuesday the Tax Court’s decision in a major win for the Internal Revenue Service against Intel’s subsidiary Altera.
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