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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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The year 2019 was a continuation of the banner year of 2018 for major law and administrative changes in sales and use tax compliance, inspired and driven in large part by the Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v Wayfair.
January 16
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The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are offering a safe harbor to provide relief to taxpayers who borrowed money to attend a nonprofit or for-profit school and had their student loan debts discharged.
January 16 -
Vladimir Putin is putting his trust in an obscure technocrat with little political experience to be prime minister and revive Russia’s flagging economy, as he prepares the country for the most significant constitutional overhaul in a generation.
January 16 -
The Taxpayer First Act protects a broad range of disclosures about potential violations of IRS rules or tax fraud.
January 15
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House Democrats’ lawsuit seeking President Donald Trump’s federal tax returns was put on hold as a judge said he’s waiting for a higher court’s ruling in a separate case on whether Congress can make ex-White House counsel Don McGahn testify.
January 15 -
The White House continues to work on a tax-cut plan in hope that Republican lawmakers will be in control of Congress after the 2020 elections, President Donald Trump’s top economic aide Larry Kudlow said.
January 15 -
Tracking refunds; an extra deadline; the Advocate’s report; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
January 14




