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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Noyes, a 110-year-old wealth management and investment banking firm, intends to acquire more accounting and tax firms after buying Kiely & Associates, LLC, a 25-year-old Chicago tax and accounting practice, last month.
February 20
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Everyone has a system for managing tax season. Some are good, some are just so-so, and some stink.
February 19
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President Donald Trump “feels strongly” that the U.S. should permit collection of state and local sales taxes on purchases made over the internet, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday.
February 16
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The Internal Revenue Service failed to tell nearly half a million victims of identity theft last year their information was being used by others for employment purposes, according to a new report, which attributed the failure to a computer programming error.
February 15
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The chairmen of Congress’s main tax committees are calling on the head of the Internal Revenue Service to put in place screening procedures to make sure employees with serious conduct issues don’t receive bonuses, in response to a government report pointing to continuing problems in this area despite some progress.
February 15
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The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner, David Kautter, testified at a Senate Finance Committee budget hearing asking for nearly $400 million in additional funds to help the IRS administer the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
February 15
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Bighorn to the big house; rotten apple; in Dutch; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
February 15
