Corporate taxes

Profitable companies that pay little in income taxes aren’t necessarily indulging in risky tax strategies, according to a new academic study.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is bringing aboard more than 600 tax professionals from General Electric and acquiring GE’s tax technologies, the firm announced Thursday.

The exit package Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to pay Rex Tillerson if he’s confirmed as secretary of state is structured to preserve roughly $180 million in deferred compensation for him—and might let him avoid an immediate federal income tax bill of as much as $72 million, according to tax specialists who have reviewed the plan.

A group of Democrats in Congress introduced a bill Tuesday to stop unlimited tax write-offs for performance-based executive pay.

Car maker, fresh from canceling a Mexico factory Donald Trump criticized, expects the incoming president to deliver on promises of tax reform that will benefit U.S. manufacturers.

Chief financial officers predict less gridlock in Congress on tax reform, according to a new survey by Deloitte.

The Dallas-based tax services firm has acquired Shiv Om Consultants, bolstering its offerings for the oil and gas industry.

Alphabet Inc.’s search engine company saved billions worldwide taxes by moving 14.9 billion euros ($15.5 billion) to a Bermuda shell company, new regulatory filings in the Netherlands reveal.

Tax columnists George Jones and Mark Luscombe of Wolters Kluwer put together a list of important changes from this year that will carry over into the next.

For 2017, carryover from 2016 not only includes the usual reporting and compliance issues related to the tax year just ending, but also those tax changes and issues begun in 2016 that are by no means finished at year's end.

Apple Inc. has set up a court battle with European Union competition watchdogs who ordered Ireland to claw back a record 13 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in unpaid taxes.

President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of retribution against companies that move jobs out of the U.S. is already having the effect he probably intended: some business leaders are pausing plans to seek foreign addresses.