Income taxes

Democrats will likely prove successful in raising individual income tax rates and in strengthening audits of wealthy Americans as they work on overhauling the U.S. Tax Code in coming months.

Syndicated conservation easement deals cheat the IRS out of an estimated $250 million by overvaluing deductions.

An unacknowledged credit; potential estate tax changes; an ongoing EIN mess; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Since last tax season, many clients have reassessed their charitable giving.

The pandemic has fueled a dramatic new wave of high-profile migration, sending tech workers to Texas, Wall Street types to Florida — and now YouTube provocateur Logan Paul to Puerto Rico.

Holders of donor-advised funds increased their disbursements last year in response to urgent demands for greater charitable contributions to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some business owners can get hurt by workarounds to the $10,000 limit for state and local tax deductions.

Hopes among millions of upper-income and middle-class taxpayers for a repeal of the Trump administration’s limits on their federal deductions will likely be on hold for now, as an effort to include the measure in the COVID-19 aid package is poised to fail.

Two New Jersey Democrats are leading an effort to expand a valuable tax break for state and local levies in the next virus-relief package, a long-shot effort as lawmakers continue to squabble over the size and scope of the next round of stimulus.

America’s governors aren’t waiting for Washington to stimulate their economies.