Tax planning

Bloomberg Tax released a new line of corporate tax software Wednesday known as Advantage, providing technology for handling fixed assets, federal and state tax, net operating losses, provision analysis, and sales and use tax rates.

With the season underway, preparers are still fine-tuning software, workflow and clients’ ability to realize that reform generally doesn’t affect the returns worked on now.

The National Association of Enrolled Agents asked its tax experts the best practices clients should follow when working with a tax professional, and gave some helpful advice from an online survey whose results were released Monday.

Ever since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the headlines have been buzzing about the resulting income tax consequences for individuals and businesses, but what about the intersection with estate planning?

If exploiting a tax loophole is as much an art as a science, then the tax planning profession is poised for a creative renaissance.

The Minnesota Society of CPAs recently surveyed its members about the most outrageous tax deductions clients tried to claim on their tax returns. The list shows taxpayers often don't know which deductions are allowed or not.

With the new tax law now a reality, the upcoming tax season is the perfect time to showcase your value as a true trusted advisor to your clients.

Every company seeks effective ways to reduce their overall tax liabilities.

The federal tax overhaul put in place by Republicans has produced an unusual show of bipartisanship now that tax season is here: We are a nation united in befuddlement.

Just when banks may have thought they have met all of their fiscal and regulatory obligations for the New Year (including the hotly debated IRS 871(m) requirements governing financial derivatives), yet a new one arises.