Tax
Tax News & IRS Insights for Accounting Professionals
Accounting Today delivers news and analysis for accounting and tax professionals on federal and state tax developments, IRS guidance,information reporting, and operational implications for practices and clients. Our coverage focuses on legislative and procedural shifts that tax practitioners must monitor in planning, compliance, and advisory contexts.
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U.S. companies are paying among the highest corporation taxes in the world at a rate well above the global average, according to a new study by the accounting and consulting firm network UHY.
May 16 -
A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.
May 15 -
President Barack Obama has now joined personally in renewed efforts to pressure Kentucky Senator Rand Paul to stop blocking the ratification of eight tax treaties pending before the U.S. Senate. Paul is sticking to his guns, and its important for Americans to understand why.
May 13 -
The global fight against corruption should focus on major jurisdictions rather than bullying small territories, the heads of government of two tax havens told world leaders.
May 13 -
Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.
May 12 -
Former billionaire Sam Wyly may have been hoping for a better outcome on his home turf as a Texas judge weighed tax-evasion claims related to the fraud trial he lost in New York two years ago. He didnt get it.
May 12 -
Approximately 69 percent of entrepreneurs who participate in so-called sharing economy services such as Uber, Lyft and Airbnb received absolutely no tax guidance from the companies they work with, according to a new survey.
May 12