Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Much of this filing season is being given over to planning for the next one.
April 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service is providing some relief for companies facing looming tax bills after they stockpiled trillions of dollars offshore free of U.S. income tax.
April 3 -
The changes from the December's reform act make it important for taxpayer's to review their W-4s.
April 3 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released new guidance Monday on computing the business interest expense limitation under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
April 2 -
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released a new statement spelling out which liabilities should be disclosed related to debt.
April 2 -
The institute is asking for immediate info about the disallowance of some popular write-offs.
April 2 -
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have issued details about the withholding on the transfer of non-publicly traded partnership interests by foreign persons under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, along with guidance on the “transition tax” on the untaxed earnings of overseas subsidiaries of U.S. companies.
April 2 -
Ken Crutchfield, vice president and general manager of Bloomberg Tax Technology, discusses the changes in the leasing standard that accountants and their clients need to prepare for this year.
April 2 -
Most Americans will owe less in taxes as a result of President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the U.S. tax code, but in a few jurisdictions, about one in 10 will be paying more, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Tax Policy Center.
March 29 -
The International Accounting Standards Board is changing the underpinnings of International Financial Reporting Standards.
March 29 -
House Republicans are approaching their next attempt at tax cuts the same way they did last year — by excluding Democrats.
March 28 -
Simplicity of tax penalties; refund request after five years; amnesty national; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
March 28 -
The Internal Revenue Service may be changing Schedule UTP, the Uncertain Tax Position Statement, which corporate taxpayers file with their Form 1120 tax returns, because it doesn’t contain enough information to be useful in compliance efforts, according to a new report.
March 27 -
The leaders of a congressional subcommittee overseeing the Internal Revenue Service released draft legislation to overhaul the IRS for the first time since 1998.
March 26 -
The $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress last week includes some modifications to the Internal Revenue Service’s centralized audit regime for auditing large partnerships.
March 26 -
The Senate's recent passage of legislation exempting smaller financial institutions from some requirements could help clients.
March 23 -
U.S. retailers came out swinging against new tariffs that will be imposed against China, saying they represent a $50 billion tax on American consumers.
March 23 -
The National Association of Enrolled Agents sent a letter to members of Congress’s tax-writing committees calling for a series of changes at the Internal Revenue Service.
March 23 -
The omnibus appropriations bill that lawmakers are expected to approve ahead of a Friday deadline to avoid a government shutdown includes extra money for the Internal Revenue Service to implement the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, while changing a provision in the TCJA that advantaged farm cooperatives over other types of grain companies.
March 22 -
Lawmakers are on the cusp of settling on a $1.3 trillion bill to avoid a government shutdown this weekend after reaching compromises on a fix to the tax law and other issues.
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