Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The legislation would correct a problem in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that makes it difficult for performing artists to deduct their work-related expenses.
June 5 -
Not only would stretch IRAs be dead if the legislation were to pass in the Senate, but your clients’ profit-sharing plans could be next.
June 5 -
Practitioners share how they got into the business — and why they stay.
June 4 -
Between federal, state and local rules, hosts need to be sure they’re in compliance.
June 4 -
Members of the GSCPA were among the accountants who recently visited Congress to push for legislative priorities.
June 3 -
Deputy chief accountant Sagar Teotia will serve as an interim successor.
May 30 -
A look at the latest developments and IRS insights into Qualified Opportunity Zones.
May 30 -
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With the filing deadline behind them, tax pros share their impressions.
May 28 -
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act fixed some parts of the problem, and exacerbated others.
May 28 -
Four days before the filing deadline, the IRS quietly added 21 questions to its website page of frequently asked questions about issues related to Section 199A, the new 20 percent deduction for pass-through businesses.
May 24 -
Lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced bipartisan legislation to give the Internal Revenue Service more authority to provide tax relief for taxpayers who have to make tax payments or file their taxes after a state-declared natural disaster occurs near the deadline.
May 24 -
The bipartisan legislation will provide more retirement planning options for accountants to advise small business clients about, while also fixing a glitch in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that imposed the kiddie tax on children of deceased service members.
May 24 -
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that relaxes the rules for retirement savers and corrects an unintended side-effect of the 2017 tax law that hit children of military members who died in combat with higher-than-expected tax bills.
May 23 -
A federal judge in New York rejected President Donald Trump’s request to keep his banks from producing financial records to lawmakers, handing House Democrats a second convincing courtroom win this week in their efforts to delve into the president’s finances.
May 23 -
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would impose a tax on trades of all stocks, bonds and derivatives in the U.S., a move he says would help curb Wall Street speculation and help finance his campaign promise to provide tuition-free college and cut student debt.
May 23 -
The revenue procedure updates the depreciation deductions allowed for owners of passenger automobiles, trucks and vans placed in service in 2019.
May 22 -
The proposed regs were a long time in coming, but generally taxpayer friendly. Here are seven key updates.
May 22 -
The American Institute of CPAs dispatched hundreds of CPAs to lobby their state and local lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week in conjunction with the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C.
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