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A group of Senate Democrats has launched an investigation of the regulatory process for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the ways in which exceptions were made for corporations as a result of fierce lobbying with the passage of the 2017 tax overhaul.

The institute has asked the IRS and the Treasury to issue a notice clarifying that relief will also apply to S corporations.

The new regs clarify what property and businesses will qualify for the tax break.

The bank admitted that it helped hundreds of American clients hide more than $1 billion in assets from the Internal Revenue Service and agreed to pay $192.4 million to resolve a decade-long U.S. tax investigation.

The Treasury Department is planning to issue regulations restricting how hedge fund managers can claim a valuable tax break early next year.

The U.S. Treasury Department plans to pare back regulations championed by President Barack Obama that were intended to prevent American companies from moving profits offshore to avoid taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released a draft version of a proposed tax form to collect information about qualified opportunity zones.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he had no knowledge that his long-time friend and billionaire Michael Milken would benefit from a tax break his agency approved last year for a property in Nevada.

The federal government is taking in less money but can’t tell if the shortfall is tied to the 2017 tax cuts or other factors like trade uncertainty, the Congressional Budget Office said in a letter.

The regs aimed to prevent U.S. companies from shifting income to offshore branches.

The Treasury Department and IRS issued proposed regulations to help taxpayers avoid negative tax consequences in the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate and other interbank rates to newer reference rates.

Treasury’s inspector general is investigating how the department handled a request from Congress to turn over President Donald Trump’s tax returns, which was rejected by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

The tax break allows businesses to write off most depreciable business assets during the year they are placed in service.

Tax-exempt organizations, including many political groups, will be able to avoid disclosing the names of their contributors, despite a recent court decision.

The protocols represent the first updates to U.S. tax treaties in nearly a decade.

The former Soviet republic of Georgia is another jurisdiction where interest payments must be reported.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released on Friday a redesigned Form W-4 for tax year 2020, making a number of changes to earlier draft versions of the form after hearing complaints from tax professionals.

There are some powerful ways to help your clients defer gains and help communities.

Taxpayers can make a late election, or revoke an earlier election, for the tax break for property they have acquired for a business.

The Trump administration hasn’t committed yet to index capital gains to inflation, even as White House officials continue to pursue the plan.