Tax

Microsoft Corp.’s stockpile of offshore profits rose to $108 billion, with a 17 percent increase over the past year as the company continues reaping profits in low-tax foreign jurisdictions.

Business executives are giving mixed predictions on when and if tax reform will finally happen in Washington, in a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service regularly provides tax tips via email to provide timely reminders to taxpayers and preparers about tax breaks and requirements year-round, and its advice can be particularly helpful this summer.

Some of our favorite recent cases of tax fraud.

Laying the packages and their capabilities out, side by side

In June, the Supreme Court held in Obergefell v. Hodges that “same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States. It follows . . . that there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse to recognize a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State on the ground of its same-sex character.”

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

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Is it too early to start thinking about tax extenders? Not according to Kathleen King, managing director of Alvarez & Marshall Taxand’s Washington, D.C., office.

Seventeen states will soon offer sales tax holidays where state sales tax charges are temporarily dropped on back-to-school items and other qualifying products.