Tax

The Treasury Secretary said he hasn’t discussed with the president or his attorneys the efforts by lawmakers to seek his tax returns.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island introduced a pair of bills aimed at stopping corporations from using offshore tax havens and outsourcing jobs to other countries.

The IRS says as many as 1.2 million taxpayers who didn't file in 2015 may be eligible.

Congressional witnesses called for more certainty around the provisions.

Surveys released this week reveal lingering uncertainty about the new tax law.

The Institute for Professionals in Taxation will hold its two State Income Tax Schools this July in Hartford, Conn. for SALT professionals.

The Tax Court recently ruled against a married couple that tried to garnish the salary of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay their tax bills.

Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Tom Reed, R-N.Y., and Senators Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., have introduced bipartisan legislation to make the New Markets Tax Credit permanent, in an effort to encourage private investment in low-income rural communities and urban neighborhoods.

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The Internal Revenue Service has indefinitely extended a pilot program for private letter rulings for corporate taxpayers.