Tax

UnReliable; Terminated; the wire tap; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

It’s not just $1,400 checks. Here’s what advisors need to know about other financial perks in the massive stimulus package.

For companies not based in California, a determination that they are “doing business” in California, even without a physical presence, can trigger registration, reporting and tax obligations.

Calculating land and building values for tax purposes is a critical step toward maximizing your available tax deductions from depreciation.

Former Credit Suisse Group AG bankers who blew the whistle on their employer for helping wealthy Americans dodge taxes are now urging U.S. authorities to punish the bank beyond the $2.6 billion it paid as part of a guilty plea seven years ago.

Households will begin receiving the $1,400 stimulus payments included in the pandemic-relief bill approved by Congress before the end of March, according to the White House.

The legislation includes a massive, one-year expansion to the child tax credit program aimed at curbing child poverty, a change Democrats are already seeking to make permanent.

President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill cleared its final congressional hurdle Wednesday, with the House passing the bill on an 220 to 211 vote, sending it to the president for his signature.

Some tax pros say the confusion caused by the pandemic require a delay; others say it should be unnecessary by now.

Since last tax season, many clients have reassessed their charitable giving.