Tax

Bloomberg BNA has released the inaugural edition of the Bloomberg BNA 2015 Federal Tax Guide, a quick-reference guide for tax practitioners to help with preparing 2014 individual and business tax returns and 2015 planning.

While the traditional end-of-year tax tip checklist contains such tried and true suggestions as defer income and accelerate deductions, there are a number of other steps Tom Wheelwright takes in advising his small business clients.

Greatland has begun offering Web-based features for its Yearli technology for reporting and filing W-2 and 1099 forms.

The House of Representatives voted to revive dozens of lapsed U.S. tax breaks for this year and set them to expire again on Dec. 31.

Accounting firm Marcum LLP has released its annual Year-End Tax Guide for the national accounting and advisory firm’s clients and others.

U.S. companies that have already carried out inversions are likely to cost the government a record $2.2 billion or more in lost tax revenue next year, double the amount in 2014, according to calculations based on companies’ financial results.

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

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has launched a continuing education program as part of the state’s efforts to regulate tax preparers.

Crowe Horwath LLP has introduced the Crowe International Tax Manager, a Web-based automated information gathering tool that helps streamline tax-reporting processes.

As 2014 winds down, you may be able to help your clients kill two birds with one stone by combining routine portfolio rebalancing with tax loss harvesting.