Tax

Morris Zukerman spent 16 years at Morgan Stanley, at various points overseeing its energy and merchant banking practices, before starting his own investment firm in the late 1980s. His firm’s partners have included ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Kinder Morgan. He endowed a Harvard sociology professorship. He collected dozens of expensive paintings, including works he loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Along the way, he evaded more than $45 million in taxes, the U.S. now alleges.

Realize when your firm needs help in international waters, because when it comes to fraud, the times — they are a-changin’

A bipartisan group of senators from the Senate Finance Committee are asking the Treasury Department to intervene with European Commission officials who have been investigating special deals set up by U.S.-based multinationals with countries in the European Union allowing them to lower their taxes.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax professionals to register for its 2016 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums, where they can earn up to 19 continuing professional education credits.

The IRS has been so slow to adapt to the rapidly emerging peer-to-peer economy that billions of dollars in taxable income a year are probably going unreported every year, according to a study being delivered to Congress this week.

States are hungrier than ever, an annual sales tax survey finds

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases, including the most brazen fake business name in tax fraud history.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

Congratulations, now that you’ve made it through the end of busy season and managed to put all of those long evenings in the office in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to get back to business. Now is a great time to revisit your firm’s strategic plan for 2016.

Now that it’s springtime and the birds are chirping, it’s important for your tax clients to consider education-related expenses when applying for federal financial aid.