Tax

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing this week to look at reforming the way the Internal Revenue Service resolves taxpayer disputes and appeals.

It took two days after Hurricane Irma ripped through the British Virgin Islands, damaging or destroying an estimated 70 percent of the territory’s buildings, for the Caribbean tax haven to start piecing back together its lucrative corporate-registry business.

Theft from prep help; neither snow nor rain nor the law; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Tax reform notwithstanding, the tax research providers Bloomberg BNA and Thomson Reuters both released their predictions Thursday for the annual inflation-adjusted tax rates that the Internal Revenue Service is likely to announce in the coming weeks.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving tax-exempt organizations in the parts of Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma more time to file their returns.

The South Dakota Supreme Court brought the question of whether online retailers should pay sales tax back into sharp focus.

Uber problems; stay interviews; grandpa as dependent; in memoriam; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Some lawmakers would like to give businesses an “unprecedented” way to slash their tax bills by investing in new equipment. But firms that stand to benefit most are saying no thanks, just give us a bigger rate cut.

S corporations are the only entities that owners, partners or shareholders cannot sell to benefit favored charities by using a charitable remainder trust.

Trump administration officials and congressional Republican leaders are promising a new framework in two weeks for legislation that would overhaul the U.S. tax code—though they’ve shied away from releasing any details about how the changes would affect individuals or corporations.