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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin faces an uphill battle convincing Americans that smaller tax refunds don’t mean they paid more taxes.

Art dealer Mary Boone, the darling of New York’s throbbing downtown scene in the 1980s, made a splash last year when she pleaded guilty to a years-long tax evasion scheme. Then, instead of a prison term, she asked a judge to sentence her to running her galleries.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bars syndicates from using simpler methods of preparing their taxes.

The top firms long ago figured out that it’s smart business to pass the baton from senior partners to the next generation.

Some EA registrations were due to expire at the end of March, but the partial government shutdown delayed processing.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed accounting standards update Thursday on the recognition and measurement of deferred revenue in business combinations.

The bakery chain was rescued by an Irish private-equity firm after an accounting scandal pushed the U.K. cake baker into insolvency.

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer was quick to jump on Twitter Thursday, after Amazon.com Inc. scrapped its plan for a headquarters in New York City, reminding the company about the state’s tax policies and good weather.

The Treasury Department is defending the declining numbers of tax refunds, saying taxpayers already saw the benefits of the new tax law in their paychecks.

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