Finance

Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has introduced legislation aimed at preventing offshore tax avoidance by some U.S. hedge fund “reinsurers.”

A pair of Democrats in the Senate and House have introduced legislation to end the tax break for carried interest that benefits hedge fund managers, private equity firm partners and venture capitalists.

The Practising Law Institute has released the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Answer Book 2015, a new Q&A guide that provides information on FATCA.

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has upheld the tax subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Last week, Rand Paul said he wanted to blow up the tax code. Next week, he could be suing the tax man.

The House voted Thursday to repeal the medical device tax that was included in the Affordable Care Act.

Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and John Thune, R-S.D. introduced legislation to improve customer service at the Internal Revenue Service, create new taxpayer protections, and update and strengthen existing taxpayer protections.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have teamed up to introduce new legislation that aims to make it easier for states and localities to collect sales taxes on online purchases and other remote transactions.

The Vatican has signed an intergovernmental agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA.

The House introduced legislation that aims to make it easier for individuals, employers, states and the federal government to determine who is eligible for premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act.

The House approved legislation by voice vote permanently banning states from taxing Internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on e-commerce.

Republican leaders of Congress’s two tax-writing committees are questioning recommendations from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development aimed at stopping multinational corporations from shifting their profits to low-tax countries.

Trade groups representing the banking, credit union and financial services industry are sounding the alarm over a provision in a bill already passed by the Senate that would require them to report information to the Internal Revenue Service on both interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing accounts.

The House Judiciary Committee, through its Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, held a hearing Tuesday on nexus issues involving three bills before the Committee.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, have re-introduced a bill aimed at preventing fraud in the provision of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers to undocumented immigrants.

The House of Representatives voted to revive the tax credit for corporate research and make it a permanent feature of U.S. law.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation in the House that would make the current adoption tax credit fully refundable.

Any major changes to private equity’s most favored tax break won’t happen until 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said.

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., explained his tax reform plans Tuesday during a speech before the American Institute of CPAs at the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C.

Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would provide a month-long safe harbor from income tax and withholding requirements for traveling employees and their employers.