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Congressional Republicans revealed the final details of their agreed-upon tax-overhaul legislation Friday. It’s the culmination of a six-week legislative sprint designed to deliver a major policy victory for their party and President Donald Trump before year’s end.

Lots of loot, lots of cars; figures that didn’t add up; Fast time; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service released revised guidance Thursday extending its relief for certain partnerships, real estate mortgage investment conduits, and other organizations that didn’t file the necessary returns by the new due date for tax years beginning in 2016.

Declining manpower continues to sap the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to pursue criminal cases, as the number of new investigations dropped by 11 percent over the past year and recommendations for prosecution fell by 18 percent.

Congressional tax negotiators have reached a tentative deal that would mostly shield the renewable energy industry from a provision that threatened to dry up a $12 billion tax-equity market, said Senator John Thune, the chamber’s No. 3 Republican.

Congressional leaders worked quickly to finalize compromise legislation for floor votes next week in an all-out effort to provide themselves and President Donald Trump with a major policy victory before the end of 2017. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day.

Some brokerage firms are concerned that the tax overhaul could lead to upheaval, pushing their employees to set up their own shops or switch firms to lower their tax bills.

President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that his tax cut is all about helping the middle class even as Republican leaders formed a last-minute plan to cut the top rate paid by million-dollar earners.

Details about the tax reform bill coming out of the conference committee may give tax pros what they need to begin advising clients.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning Wednesday to taxpayers and tax professionals about a new email scam targeting Hotmail users in which the thieves try to steal personal and financial information.

Republican lawmakers will overturn a key piece of the Affordable Care Act in their tax overhaul, a victory in a long GOP campaign against the health law.

Republican Senator Marco Rubio is facing a choice of whether his vote will match his tweets and become a roadblock to major tax legislation that his party leaders are rushing toward a final vote.

House and Senate negotiators have agreed to spare the electric-vehicle tax credit and wind production tax credit in their compromise package, according to a Republican familiar with process.

President Donald Trump promised everyday Americans a “giant tax cut for Christmas” in a speech that the White House billed as his closing argument for a tax overhaul that congressional Republicans finished negotiating on Wednesday.

After failing this year to repeal and replace Obamacare, House Republicans are angling to put taxes that are part of the health law on hold.

A provision to treat graduate school tuition waivers as taxable income won’t be in the final House-Senate tax package, according to Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana and one other person briefed on a tentative deal reached Wednesday.

U.S. commercial real estate is a likely winner in the evolving Republican tax overhaul, which is poised to lower rates for property owners, spur new investment and increase demand for rental housing, according to a new report.

Some Liberty Tax Inc. investors have lost patience with founder John Hewitt.

The dearth of Republicans representing New York in Congress is partly to blame for the proposed eliminations of state and local tax deductions that will dramatically impact the state, said Jim Tisch, chief executive officer of Loews Corp.