Tax planning

A group of Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a bill to extend 100 percent bonus depreciation through 2012 to encourage capital investments and job growth.

KPMG has introduced an online resource that examines how tax authorities in 18 different countries are dealing with the challenge of taxing cloud computing services.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking Congress to make permanent changes in the estate tax as soon as possible to provide certainty to taxpayers before the current rates and rules expire at the end of the year.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday to examine the impact of tax reform on U.S. energy policy.

Two recent court cases have had a significant impact on the use of cost segregation studies in terms of reclassifying building components for accelerated depreciation.

The House Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee held a hearing Friday on various expiring and already-expired tax breaks.

The House voted to repeal the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices and another provision from the health care reform law that prevents holders of health savings accounts from buying over-the-counter medicine without a prescription.

Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., said Wednesday that he plans to introduce a bill to provide tax breaks for small businesses that hire new employees or increase wages as a substitute for a bill being pushed by House Republicans to repeal the medical device tax in the health care law.

With the expiration of the current tax rates approaching at the end of the year, and a deep round of spending cuts looming, a new report sheds light on what effect that would have on the economy and the nation’s debt levels.

Deloitte has begun adjusting salaries to offset the income taxes paid by Deloitte professionals who provide coverage to their domestic partners—both same sex and opposite sex—on their medical or dental plans, effective June 3.

A House subcommittee held a hearing to consider what impact the return of a higher estate tax rate in 2013 would have on small businesses.

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The House Ways and Means Committee has passed legislation repealing the tax on medical devices included in the health care reform law and allowing health savings account holders to pay for over-the-counter drugs without a prescription.

Amazon.com has struck a deal with the state of New Jersey to open two fulfillment distribution centers in the Garden State and to begin charging sales taxes to New Jersey residents by July 1, 2013.

Political gamesmanship in Washington is having a detrimental effect on federal tax planning.

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A company that hopes to establish an online marketplace for trading tax credits said Wednesday that it has closed a seed funding round of more than $350,000 to develop the technology.

Certainty in the Tax Code has become even more important than a reduction in tax rates, according to a survey of 800 CFOs and senior financial executives in the U.S.

House Republicans said they plan to schedule a vote on extending the Bush tax cuts before August.

President Obama urged Congress to extend expiring tax credits for wind energy and other forms of clean energy.