Tax

Four more Staff Q&A documents deal with various financial accounting and reporting implementation issues.

The International Monetary Fund warned policymakers to be on guard for the next recession even as it predicted global growth will accelerate to the fastest pace in seven years as U.S. tax cuts spur businesses to invest.

Tax authorities are warning payroll pros about a familiar scam.

Personal and professional; off he goes (to jail); charity case; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, a member of the cast of MTV’s reality series “Jersey Shore,” and his brother Marc Sorrentino, have pleaded guilty to federal tax charges.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released a new notice giving multinational companies some extra guidance to help them calculate the “transition tax” on untaxed foreign earnings of foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The Treasury Department updated its strategy for the Internal Revenue Service in advance of the failure of negotiations to keep the government open.

The Internal Revenue Service has revised the streamlined application form for groups that are applying for tax-exempt status.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been marketed as a much-needed simplification for American taxes, and American expatriates comprise a tax-paying demographic most in need of simplification of the tax requirements.

A new notice will allow manufacturers, producers and importers to avoid the failure to deposit penalties, provided they meet certain requirements.