Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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As the number of taxing jurisdictions putting vaping tax laws in place continues to rise, discrepancies will become even more pronounced.
December 24 -
The two appropriations bills extend government funding while also dealing with several of the tax extender provisions and repealing some Obamacare taxes.
December 24 -
The new regs clarify what property and businesses will qualify for the tax break.
December 19 -
SEC charges revolved around how the insurer decided if clients were dead.
December 19 -
The board wants more comparability and transparency around non-GAAP measurements.
December 18 -
Among other things, the IRS’s proposals offer a new set of definitions.
December 18 -
The legislation extends a number of credits, and kills some Affordable Care Act taxes.
December 17 -
The audit overseer also named a new general counsel.
December 17 -
The expansion of a tax credit for electric vehicles isn’t likely to appear in a broad deal being negotiated by House and Senate leaders, and backers of the popular tax break say President Donald Trump is to blame.
December 16 -
Congressional spending bills are expected to permanently repeal the “Cadillac tax” and other taxes funding the Affordable Care Act, raise the tobacco purchasing age to 21, and extend the U.S. Export-Import Bank for seven years, according to a senior House Democratic aide familiar with the talks.
December 16 -
U.S. lawmakers led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley are negotiating a potential revival of expired tax breaks in last-minute negotiations over a government spending bill.
December 16 -
As part of this year’s Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, “What is the most important issue currently facing the accounting profession?”
December 16 -
Trends in the market and tax law changes introduced by tax reform have created a perfect storm for REIT investors.
December 12 -
The IRS is concerned that taxpayers are not properly recognizing the gain or loss on partial dispositions of building components.
December 12 -
Once heralded as a novel way to help distressed parts of the U.S., opportunity zones are now being slammed as a government boondoggle.
December 12 -
Legislation that would provide big deductions for taxpayers with high state and local tax bills is gathering momentum in the House this week, but it’s headed into a brick wall in the Senate.
December 12 -
Tax professor Sharyn Fisk will take the helm early in 2020.
December 10 -
The total amount of goodwill impairment recorded by U.S. public companies reached $78.9 billion in 2018, up a staggering 125 percent from the prior year, according to a new report.
December 10 -
The Internal Revenue Service’s proposed regulations on the classification of transactions involving digital content could mean some unexpected tax bills for some publishers, especially those based abroad who sell copyrighted articles to U.S. readers.
December 10 -
Financial Accounting Standards Board Chairman Russell Golden compared the standard-setting process to the new race car movie, “Ford v Ferrari,” even though he admitted the process usually isn’t so speedy.
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