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President Barack Obama's 2013 election-year budget took investors by surprise with a call for significantly higher taxes on dividends, a major change from his earlier tax proposals and one that will raise the ire of dividend-paying companies.
February 14 -
Accounting, tax and consulting firm SingerLewak will open a new office in San Francisco to primarily serve venture capital-funded private businesses, along with public companies in the greater San Francisco area.
February 14 -
In todays volatile market, wealth and personal money management can be more daunting than ever.
February 13 -
The Obama administration has increased its budget request for the Internal Revenue Service for fiscal year 2013 to approximately $12.8 billion to make up for recent budget cuts.
February 13 -
The Internal Revenue Service has released guidance to enable partnerships to submit the Schedule K-1 electronically to partners.
February 13 -
KPMG LLP said Monday that it would offer tax offsets to its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender partners and employees for the additional federal and state tax costs they incur when they pay for the medical benefits of same-sex domestic partners.
February 13 -
The Treasury Department has released its greenbook outlining the tax proposals in the Obama administrations fiscal 2013 budget.
February 13 -
President Obama called for tax reform measures Monday to cut the budget deficit by $1.5 trillion in his fiscal year 2013 budget.
February 13 -
The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is extending the time period for commenting on guidance it has issued pertaining to the application of the general welfare exclusion to Indian tribal government programs.
February 13 -
Apricorn has unveiled a desktop version of its Aegis Padlock secure drive, with a capacity of up to 3 terabytes.
February 13 -
The legislation passed by Congress at the end of 2010 to extend the Bush tax rates for another two years is bad news for estate planning practitioners.
February 12 -
A former Internal Revenue Service employee has been sentenced to 105 months in prison and ordered to pay $30,649 in restitution after pleading guilty to identity theft and theft of government property.
February 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service has redesigned its educational Web site for tax-exempt organizations, with a new look and improved navigation.
February 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service offered advice to taxpayers and preparers about a new form they will need to use to report most capital gains and losses from transactions relating to investment property.
February 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service has informed a small business advocacy group that it will not require businesses to reconcile their gross receipts with the merchant card transactions reported on the new 1099-K information reporting form.
February 10 -
Burr Pilger Mayer and Windes & McClaughry have canceled their plans for a merger, saying Friday they could not come to an agreement on the terms.
February 10 -
Members of the Financial Accounting Standards Board held a two-day meeting this week with officials from the Accounting Standards Board of Japan how they could better align accounting rules.
February 10 -
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February 10 -
Swiss bank UBS sought to distance itself from a U.S. investigation of rival Swiss private banks on Thursday, saying that it did not hand over data on rival banks directly to U.S. officials when it settled a U.S. crackdown on taxpayers holding secret offshore accounts two years ago.
February 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax preparers that they need to complete 15 hours of continuing education, starting this year, under new requirements, and has posted a list of approved providers.
February 10