Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The influential Koch political network is urging President Donald Trump to reject a proposal made by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to increase the federal gas tax to help modernize American roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
January 24 -
President Trump reportedly plans to name Charles Rettig, a California tax attorney, as the next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
January 24 -
New York state lawmakers could punch a $50.6 billion hole in the federal government’s budget by revamping their state income tax.
January 24 -
Why to file early; suing robocallers; taxing stolen money; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
January 23 -
Marisa Garcia, a managing director at CohnReznick Advisory, talks about how FASB’s new standard may affect some industries differently.
January 23 -
The short-term spending bill that President Trump signed into law Monday night includes provisions that delay or suspend three taxes mandated by the Affordable Care Act that have not yet taken effect.
January 23 -
The first few months of 2018 are a critical time for tax, legal and accounting advisors to speak with business clients regarding how the new tax law will affect their cash flow.
January 23 -
Dual U.S.-Canadian citizen with private corporations need to pay attention.
January 23 -
The Business Roundtable, a lobbying group for American chief executives that’s seeking to bolster its clout in Washington, quadrupled spending in the last three months of the year compared to the same period a year earlier as it threw its support behind President Donald Trump’s tax bill.
January 23 -
Mandatory quarterly reporting by public companies can lead to a short-sighted focus on near-term results, according to a new academic study.
January 22 -
Four more Staff Q&A documents deal with various financial accounting and reporting implementation issues.
January 22 -
The International Monetary Fund warned policymakers to be on guard for the next recession even as it predicted global growth will accelerate to the fastest pace in seven years as U.S. tax cuts spur businesses to invest.
January 22 -
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released a new notice giving multinational companies some extra guidance to help them calculate the “transition tax” on untaxed foreign earnings of foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
January 19 -
The Treasury Department updated its strategy for the Internal Revenue Service in advance of the failure of negotiations to keep the government open.
January 19 -
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been marketed as a much-needed simplification for American taxes, and American expatriates comprise a tax-paying demographic most in need of simplification of the tax requirements.
January 19 -
A new notice will allow manufacturers, producers and importers to avoid the failure to deposit penalties, provided they meet certain requirements.
January 19 -
Financial institutions are getting ready for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new credit loss standard, though some are dragging their heels, even as the effective date approaches.
January 18 -
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans Thursday to target a tax break for investment fund managers in his state.
January 18 -
The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a proposed accounting standards update Thursday to help organizations reclassify some of the stranded income tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that President Trump signed into law last month.
January 18 -
European Union regulators reacted coolly to Apple Inc.’s move to repatriate hundreds of billions of overseas dollars to the U.S., saying “nothing has changed” in its order for the iPhone maker to pay back taxes to Ireland.
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