Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that would extend a lucrative tax break that could benefit Tesla and GM.
April 10 -
Approximately 40 percent of private companies are behind schedule on the new leases standard or haven’t started getting ready yet.
April 10 -
The House passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to overhaul some key aspects of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates, including the appeals process.
April 9 -
A new limit on state and local tax deductions isn’t forcing taxpayers to leave some states, according to Moody’s Investor Service.
April 9 -
It’s tax time for everyone, but for entrepreneurs in the rapidly growing cannabis business, it’s a particular challenge.
April 9 -
As Tax Day approaches, accountants are finally getting to the end of a season made particularly grueling by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
April 8 -
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to make permanent the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, a tax break that encourages companies to hire veterans, people with disabilities and other groups who face barriers to employment, before it expires at the end of the year.
April 5 -
Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the Senate and House have teamed up to introduce bipartisan legislation to assist tax-exempt cooperative organizations.
April 5 -
The new tax law and the 35-day shutdown had an impact on the agency, but it still managed to process over 59 million returns by mid-season.
April 4 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has made two decisions that will limit changes to the CECL standard ahead of implementation.
April 4 -
House Democrats are looking to find a compromise solution to the Republican tax law’s cap on the amount of state and local levies that can be written off a federal return, a limit they say has caused their constituents to lose out on billions of dollars of deductions.
April 3 -
The program offers qualifying taxpayers who have capital gains income a highly flexible way to defer and eliminate a portion of the federal gain and possibly state gain.
April 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service released a revenue procedure Wednesday offering guidance on the use of tax-exempt bonds to provide housing for military veterans, farm workers and other groups.
April 3 -
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to approve legislation that would relax the rules for those saving for retirement.
April 2 -
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Ron Wyden, is reviving a plan that would tax wealthy individuals annually on their investments, instead of when those assets are sold.
April 2 -
The far-reaching bipartisan legislation would overhaul key facets of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates, including the appeals process.
April 2 -
The rally in the $3.8 trillion municipal-bond market is about to face a major tax-season test.
April 2 -
The Internal Revenue Service is having trouble dealing with the information it’s getting from foreign banks about U.S. taxpayer assets under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act because of problems with the data and various mismatches, according to a new government report.
April 1 -
Both public and private companies are struggling with implementing the new lease accounting standard, according to a new survey by Deloitte.
April 1 -
The rental car company is demanding that ex-CEO Mark Frissora and other former senior managers return incentives they received.
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