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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 president has decided against making an end-run around Congress to cut the tax on capital gains by indexing gains to inflation.
September 12 -
The presidential candidate released a plan Thursday to expand Social Security benefits by $200 per month with a payroll tax increase on incomes above $250,000.
September 12 -
The senator is taking a slightly different approach to targeting the same non-wage income as proposals from Democratic presidential hopefuls.
September 12 -
Practitioners share how — and why — they help clients handle issues with tax authorities.
September 11 -
The Internal Revenue Service isn’t doing enough to audit corporate mergers and acquisitions and is wasting tens of thousands of days on cases that aren’t likely to generate more tax dollars.
September 11 -
The president is scheduled to meet with economic advisers Wednesday to discuss the possibility of cutting the tax on capital gains by indexing gains to inflation.
September 11 -
Preparer penalties; busted Congress; new NTA on passport certification; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.
September 10







