Corporate taxes

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the U.S. tax reform will cut profit this year by about $5 billion, mainly because of a tax targeting earnings held abroad.

A provision in the new tax law, intended to prevent American companies from shifting profits abroad to benefit from a lower overseas rate, might also hit the largest foreign banks with significant U.S. operations.

Lower corporate tax rates will lead to some very interesting financial reporting.

The drop in corporate rates could causes issues with deferred tax assets and liabilities.

The tax reform legislation that Congress approved Wednesday has a number of complexities that could prove problematic for tax professionals and their clients.

The impact of the biggest overhaul of the U.S. tax code in three decades will spread far and wide starting next year, highlighted by a cut in the corporate rate to 21 percent from 35 percent, fully allowable deductions for capital expenses and lower levies on repatriating overseas profits.

Senate Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years, a bill that delivers a deep, permanent tax cut for corporations and shorter-term relief for individuals.

The GOP tax reform act will create plenty of work for practitioners.

Two Federal Reserve officials, both former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives, expressed doubt corporate tax cuts under consideration in Congress will lead to an investment or hiring boom.

The tax reform bill heading toward passage in Congress is likely to help the bottom lines of many companies with lower taxes, but a new academic study suggests the impact on CEOs could have mixed results.

A deal meant to preserve a key source of financing for wind and solar developers in the Republican tax bill contains some hidden pitfalls that could undercut its benefit.

Now that Republicans in Congress have released their final tax bill, two big questions remain. What will companies do with all that cash, and who will benefit the most?

The top tax rate that U.S. companies would pay on an estimated $3.1 trillion in earnings they’ve stockpiled overseas crept up to 15.5 percent in the final version of the GOP tax bill released Friday.

Ikea is the latest company ensnared in the European Union’s sprawling tax probes as regulators look at whether the retailer’s revenue deals in the Netherlands allowed it to avoid hundreds of millions of euros of taxes.

On Friday, the Republican leadership in Congress released the contents of the tax reform bill they expect to vote on in the week before Christmas.

Congressional leaders have reached a deal preserving a $12 billion source of financing for U.S. wind and solar developers.

Here are key changes to U.S. tax law for individuals and businesses that have emerged from the final Republican bill that’s headed for votes in the House and Senate next week.

Congressional Republicans revealed the final details of their agreed-upon tax-overhaul legislation Friday. It’s the culmination of a six-week legislative sprint designed to deliver a major policy victory for their party and President Donald Trump before year’s end.

Congressional tax negotiators have reached a tentative deal that would mostly shield the renewable energy industry from a provision that threatened to dry up a $12 billion tax-equity market, said Senator John Thune, the chamber’s No. 3 Republican.

President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that his tax cut is all about helping the middle class even as Republican leaders formed a last-minute plan to cut the top rate paid by million-dollar earners.