Tax regulations

The American Institute of CPAs has sent a list of six tax regulations to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that it wants the Treasury Department to review under an executive order from President Trump calling for reducing overly burdensome tax regulations.

The Internal Revenue Service recently published an update to Publication 5146, Employment Tax Returns: Examinations and Appeal Rights, explaining the procedures IRS auditors use to conduct employment tax examinations and an employer’s rights and responsibilities during and after the examination process.

Taxpayers were required to file disclosures of so-called “micro-captive transactions” with the Internal Revenue Service by the beginning of this month, and many of them found it wasn’t so easy.

The Internal Revenue Service released the 2018 inflation-adjusted limitations for health savings accounts Thursday.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a revenue procedure that provides guidance on several aspects of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, including the expensing of section 179 property, the additional first-year depreciation deduction, and the qualified Indian reservation property depreciation provision.

The president is signing an executive order Friday directing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to review any significant tax regulations from last year, especially those that might burden Americans.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice explaining how small businesses can take advantage of a new option allowing them to apply a portion or all of their research credit against their payroll tax liability, instead of their income tax liability.

The Internal Revenue Service is proposing procedures for how a taxpayer can ask for automatic consent to change an accounting method in preparation for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new revenue recognition standard.

The Internal Revenue Service has published its annual update on the depreciation and inclusion tables for owners and lessees of vehicles.