Finance

The House and Senate held hearings Tuesday on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting action plan, also known as OECD BEPS, for combating tax avoidance by multinational corporations.

Congressional staff reportedly worked over the Thanksgiving weekend on negotiations over tax extenders, the dozens of expiring and already expired tax breaks that perennially occupy Washington just before the end of the year.

The National Society of Accountants has released some suggested year-end tax tips for individuals, courtesy of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US.

A ‘first look’ at the new partnership audit rules

The U.S. Treasury Department plans to release additional guidance this week aimed at deterring corporate inversions, though it can’t stop such tax-avoidance moves without new authority from Congress, Secretary Jacob J. Lew said.

With Paul Ryan newly instated as House Speaker, many are saying 2016 will be the year for major tax reform, according to Matt Becker, BDO USA regional managing partner for tax services.

An advocacy group for U.S. expatriates, American Citizens Abroad, is sounding the alarm about a provision in Congress’s highway funding bill that would revoke the passports of people who owe more than $50,000 in taxes.

The Republican Party's leading presidential candidates clashed over how to reform the nation's financial system and handle immigration in their fourth debate on Tuesday, exposing deep rifts in the Republican Party and starkly different strategies for winning the election.

Seven former Internal Revenue Service commissioners dating back to the Kennedy administration have written a joint letter to the leaders of Congress’s appropriations committees urging them to reconsider proposed cuts in the budget for the agency they once ran.

Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., has introduced two pieces of legislation to combat corporate tax inversions and tax deferral.