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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the Internal Revenue Service for more guidance on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, asking for language specifying how qualified business income and limitations on business interest should be defined, among other matters.

Elizabeth Holmes raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors on the promise that her medical-testing startup Theranos Inc. would change medicine with a single drop of blood. On Wednesday, securities regulators called her a fraud and forced her to give up the company she built.

I hear the comment all the time, “If I do cost segregation, I’ll just give it all back in recapture when I sell.” Allow me to debunk that myth and more.

As organizations gravitate away from highly customized legacy accounting systems and many systems arrive at their end-of-life, there are some best practices firms should follow to embrace the agility of an open platform.

States are tightening up sales tax laws for online stores.

Two trade groups representing farmer cooperatives and feed producers have reached an agreement to resolve a technical problem in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with the support of Republican leaders in Congress who hope to include the provision within a larger appropriations bill.

Three of America’s most discreet billionaire philanthropists have emerged as the biggest donors to the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund after the IRS accidentally revealed their identities.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy proposed taxing online-room booking, ride-sharing, marijuana, e-cigarettes and internet transactions along with raising taxes on millionaires and retail sales to fund a record $37.4 billion budget that would boost spending on schools, pensions and mass transit.

The blockchain gang; buying vs. leasing biz cars; real estate defined for Sec. 199A; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The IRS is allowing many companies extra time to file the income tax returns.