Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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As the Republican-controlled Congress tries to push through tax reform this year, one group of Americans may question why it’s coming up a scoop short.
November 20 -
The Republican tax-overhaul effort is in for a marathon debate on the Senate floor at the end of this month, with dozens of doomed Democratic amendments. But the real action will be elsewhere, behind closed doors.
November 20 -
Senator Susan Collins said the Republican tax plan passed by the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday “needs work.”
November 20 -
Senate Republicans say their tax bill will bring big tax cuts for middle-class families and businesses. If you own a private jet, you’ll also get a break.
November 17 -
For more than 30 years, colleges and universities have leaned on an obscure tax rule that allows sports boosters to make tax-deductible contributions to their teams. Athletic fundraisers around the country say that’s an advantage that generates millions in annual revenue—and one that’s threatened by Republican tax legislation.
November 17 -
Vice President Mike Pence said Republicans would repeal the estate tax—a step that the Senate GOP tax plan doesn’t currently plan to take.
November 17 -
The Republican tax plan isn’t designed to help rich New Yorkers, but Wall Street can certainly look forward to some advantages, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
November 17 -
Hours after House Republicans jubilantly passed their tax bill, their colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee approved a far different version—one that postpones difficult questions as lawmakers rush to refashion much of the U.S. economy on a tight timeline.
November 17 -
U.S. public companies recorded $28.5 billion in goodwill impairment in 2016, half the $56.9 billion they reported in 2015, according to a new study.
November 16 -
Experts from PwC parse the differences between the tax reform bills on the treatment of pass-through businesses.
November 16 -
Differences with the as-yet-unpassed Senate bill need to be reconciled.
November 16 -
The House passed tax reform legislation Thursday by a vote of 227-205, with 13 Republicans voting against the bill, as the Senate Finance Committee continued debating and marking up a significantly different version of the bill.
November 16 -
House Republicans passed their version of legislation to overhaul the U.S. tax code by slashing the corporate tax rate, lowering tax burdens for most individuals and adding an estimated $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade.
November 16 -
Senate Republicans may face a political problem in the final push for their tax-cut plan, and they might need Democrats to help fix it.
November 16 -
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is mounting a cross-country roadshow to persuade businesses and the Republican faithful to put their weight behind a proposed tax overhaul from the Trump administration that so far lacks broad public support.
November 16 -
President Donald Trump is confident that House Republican leaders have the votes to pass their version of a tax overhaul, and he’ll thank members of the GOP conference and field their questions on a visit to the Capitol this morning, a senior administration official said.
November 16 -
House Republicans passed their tax-overhaul bill on Thursday as Senate tax writers sent their proposal to make individual breaks temporary and repeal a key part of the Obamacare law to the Senate floor. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day:
November 16 -
Mark your calendars! The effective date for the FASB and IASB’s new revenue recognition accounting standards (ASC 606 and IFRS 15) is approaching.
November 15 -
The upcoming revenue recognition standard is likely to accelerate the earnings of many software companies, with many developers likely to transition from upfront license sales to subscriptions, according to a new report.
November 15 -
Many businesses are still getting ready for the new revenue recognition and leasing standards, and in some cases that involves changing their technology and processes.
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