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Inflation-adjusted tax brackets are anticipated to go up a bit next year, according to a pair of new reports, but that could reduce the tax burden for many taxpayers.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development issued last October the final Base Erosion and Profit Shifting reports that are expected to fundamentally change the course of international taxation and transfer pricing for all multinational enterprises.

The rules for claiming net operating losses to offset income tax liabilities can vary from state to state and are proving to be a big challenge for many companies, especially as both the economy and corporate profitability improve.

A total of 37 states provide full exemptions from sales and use taxes on manufacturing equipment and machinery, but for the rest of the states, the rules can be different.

The average rate for sales taxes across the U.S. increased a bit in the second quarter of the year, according to a new report.

Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting said Monday the Internal Revenue Service has selected it for the 12th year in a row to provide sales tax rate and taxability tables for taxpayers.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, earned adjusted gross income of $10.6 million in 2015 and paid $3.6 million in federal income taxes, according to a tax return her campaign released Friday as it sought to draw a contrast with her Republican rival, Donald Trump.

Thomson Reuters has added content to its Checkpoint Catalyst tax and accounting research service on passive foreign investment companies and sales and use tax exemptions for manufacturers.

Tax executives at U.S.-based multinational companies are having a hard time adjusting to the new rules demanded by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting plan, also known as OECD BEPS, according to a new survey.

Tax lawyer Kelly Phillips Erb, aka “taxgirl,” has written for The New York Times and is now a staff writer for Forbes.com, but she never set out to be a famous blogger or national thought leader.

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Sharing of information on business taxes by state tax authorities could improve business tax compliance, according to a new study.

The cost of compliance with the ever-growing Tax Code costs U.S. taxpayers a total of 8.9 billion hours and $409 billion, according to new research.

Summer jobs are an excellent opportunity to learn responsibility in the areas of work ethic, time management, and financial responsibility.

California was the only state to change its sales tax rate in the first quarter of the year, spurring a host of changes in local sales taxes across the state, according to a new report.

The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, has released a new ebook comparing the impact of 100 tax reform proposals.

It’s no surprise that the experience of going through a random IRS audit affects future behavior. What is surprising is how the expected change in behavior—increased reporting of taxable income, and presumably, increased compliance—differs from corporations to individuals, and from individuals subject to third-party information to those who are not.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has acquired CPE Link, an online provider of continuing professional education for accountants, tax preparers and financial advisors.

A new survey of U.S. taxpayers living abroad finds widespread opposition to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, and similar tax compliance requirements.

When it comes to taxes, millionaires have short fuses. Ratchet up their rates and they'll blow you off and move to a low-tax, or no-tax, state.