Tax regulations

The National Society of Accountants wants the Internal Revenue Service to provide a six-month extension for businesses to opt to be treated as S corporations for this year, arguing the current deadline of March 15 is too soon to make a decision given the uncertainty surrounding the new tax law.

The Internal Revenue Service’s announcement that it plans to issue regulations clarifying the limitations on carried interest aims to head off a flurry of activity aimed at getting around a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance seeking to close a loophole that hedge-fund managers had been trying to exploit to avoid paying higher taxes on carried-interest profits.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice extending the relief it provided last year to residents who evacuated or couldn’t return because of the damage caused by the monster storms.

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Final regulations have been released for how to avoid the centralized way the IRS can now examine large firms.

The American Institute of CPAs is sending an urgent request to the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department, asking for “immediate guidance” on the definition of the term “qualified business income” for pass-through entities under the new tax law.

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The Treasury Department has proposed to repeal nearly 300 tax regulations, many of which have become obsolete with the passage of the new tax law and earlier legislation, in some cases dating back to 1942.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department announced changes Tuesday in the procedures for changing the accounting period of foreign corporations owned by U.S. shareholders subject to the transition tax under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.