Tax laws

The Internal Revenue Service is having trouble dealing with the information it’s getting from foreign banks about U.S. taxpayer assets under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act because of problems with the data and various mismatches, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service is working on a new study analyzing the 62-year-old rules for corporate spinoffs.

The Treasury Department finalized the repeal Thursday of 296 obsolete or duplicative tax regulations in response to President Trump’s executive orders.

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

The Treasury and the service are seeking public comments on the proposal.

The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm California attorney Michael J. Desmond as chief counsel for the Internal Revenue Service.

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The good news is that under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, QLI is superseded by QIP.

Next year’s user conference will focus on 'the path forward for tax compliance.’

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House Republicans have scaled down their proposals.

Parsing the rules arond depreciation law can be confusing and tricky.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady has given up on an additional round of tax cuts. Now, the only tax item he might be able to get passed this year is something he hates: the annual renewal of prized industry tax breaks.

A legislative repeal of the credit could actually end up giving GM a better competitive position.

The lawmaker will take the helm of the panel that oversees three contentious issues: trade, health care and taxes.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Congress passed last December is likely to produce some winners and losers when taxpayers file their returns next tax season.

What Amazon may have been offered in return for relocating; firing problem clients; Nexus looms over holiday shopping; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Federal and state governments are not yet “on the same page” with respect to all aspects of the tax and legal treatment of marijuana.

Democrats may control the House Ways and Means Committee, but neither party is likely to get their way on tax policy.