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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Experts dissect the justices’ approach to landmark sales tax case.
April 24 -
Despite perceptions that the issue isn’t widespread in accounting, insurers urge caution.
By Danielle LeeApril 20 -
Changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act have created confusion as to what’s deductible.
April 17 -
Much of this filing season is being given over to planning for the next one.
April 3 -
In April, the Supreme Court will hear a potential landmark case for online sales tax.
April 3 -
The tax treatment of bitcoin and its ilk raises major questions.
April 2 -
A Supreme Court ruling frees taxpayers from the worry of ‘felonizing’ their return, experts say.
March 27 -
A Tax Court case parses the rules behind whether a C corp can deduct mortgage payments.
March 20 -
Clients may face unexpected tax consequences from transactions with these digital assets.
March 13 -
Accountants may face their own Section 199A issues
March 8 -
The TCJA has preparers focusing on both 2017 and 2018
March 6 - Non-profits
A provision in the budget act could eliminate tax on their excess business holdings.
March 6 -
GRTs are being considered across the country as an improvement on state corporate income taxes -- but they come with serious issues.
February 27 -
Tax professionals are looking to the IRS for guidance on the new Section 199A.
February 27 -
There’s a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that is just now beginning to garner awareness among state governments and investors.
February 13 -
A Florida CPA was sentenced in federal court in Boston for multiple counts of tax fraud and obstructing the Internal Revenue Code.
February 12 -
Changes to the treatment of alimony will have a big impact.
February 6 -
The widow of a country music producer who continued to operate, at a loss, an establishment to encourage songwriters was not able to deduct her losses in excess of her income from the activity.
January 31 -
The deduction under new Code Sec. 199A comes with a host of calculations.
January 30 -
Keeping up with the latest legislative changes is putting serious pressure on the cash-strapped, staff-starved service.
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