Energy industry

Previously rare, 'bargain purchases' in accounting for oil and gas company acquisitions may be more common in the near future.

One of the world's richest men felt he had to give one of the nation's most powerful lawmakers a little pep talk.

Included in the $433 billion Inflation Reduction Act is a 10-year production tax credit for nuclear energy producers.

The legislation would reinstate and increase a long-lapsed tax on crude and imported petroleum products to 16.4 cents per gallon.

The package includes oodles of tax credits and rebates for people looking to drive and live more sustainably.

Suspending the federal gasoline tax may sound like welcome relief, but experts warn it could bring mixed results — or even higher gas prices in the end.

The senator's opposition to giving clean-energy developers direct payments may significantly reduce the tax credits they could get from Democrats’ reconciliation package.

Senate Democrats have scrapped a $4,500 bonus tax credit for electric vehicles made with domestic union labor as they seek to wrap up negotiations on a spending deal.

Oil companies that record a profit margin better than 10% would face a proposed new federal surtax, as Democrats struggle to curb U.S. energy costs and broader inflation.

The Democratic senator pushed back on proposal to expand the popular credit, adding a new obstacle to White House plans for fighting climate change.

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Several states have taken steps to temporarily roll back their gasoline taxes, a move the Biden administration is considering backing on the federal level.

U.S. governors from California to New York are proposing tax cuts, rebates and other forms of relief to drivers paying more than $4 a gallon to fill their gasoline tanks amid Russia’s war with Ukraine.

Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Elizabeth Warren say they’re working on a proposed new tax targeting profits being reaped by oil companies as crude prices spike amid geopolitical tensions.

As companies rush to set climate goals, some aren’t even getting the basics quite right when it comes to accounting for greenhouse-gas emissions.

It’s been 20 years, to the day, since Enron Corp. filed for bankruptcy, forever cementing its legacy as the poster child of corporate fraud.

The latest version of the spending package, which is still being debated, includes a minimum tax of 15% on a corporation’s book income.

The guidance gives renewable energy companies more time to develop projects that were delayed by COVID-19.

An influential group that sets tax-reporting standards for major commodities suppliers will meet to discuss removing the company's representative from its board.

U.S. oil and gas companies, along with their investors, may not be doing enough to reflect the impacts of the climate crisis in their financial reports.