Tax reform

Congressional hearings show how political priorities color views of tax reform.

The report discusses some of the main developments this past season that are likely to affect taxpayers for the rest of the year.

This provision of the TJCA gives ordinary workers better access to an executive perk.

The 2017 tax law had no discernible impact on consumer tax filing patterns or the market share of tax prep vendors, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

In the first tax season under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average size of tax refunds was down 2 percent.

The Democratic presidential candidate and New Jersey senator released 10 years of tax returns, showing he faced a new cap on deductions of state and local taxes.

A rebound in the stock market in the first quarter of 2019 enabled the index to rebound to an all-new high.

Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of corporate tax professionals are dedicating extra time and technology resources, including artificial intelligence and bots, to help their companies comply with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, according to a new survey by Ernst & Young.

A TIGTA report examines the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the service, and how it was implemented.

The proposed regulations offer further details about a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act aimed at spurring real estate investment in needy communities.

The size of clients’ tax refunds was up 1.4 percent this tax season, while their overall tax liability was down 24.9 percent.

The president promoted the tax overhaul on Tax Day, even as the law has swelled the deficit and failed to gain traction with voters in last year’s midterm elections.

The agency managed to open filing season on time despite the recent government shutdown and saw a big opening day.

The House passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to overhaul some key aspects of the way the Internal Revenue Service operates, including the appeals process.

As Tax Day approaches, accountants are finally getting to the end of a season made particularly grueling by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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.

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.

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.

Preparer reactions to filing season this year are … complicated.

Tax pros weigh the pros and cons of different levels of filing this year.