Tax

With the advent of the Nanny Tax in 1994, it became a little more complicated for a family to hire a nanny, housekeeper or senior caregiver.

The House has approved tax extenders legislation that makes a number of the periodically expiring tax breaks into permanent features of the tax code.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Are your clients prepared for the latest round of Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance deadlines?

Wolters Kluwer has introduced two new learning certification programs for tax professionals.

Bloomberg BNA has released a federal tax guide for 2016.

The former tax preparer for Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, one of the stars of the MTV reality TV series “Jersey Shore,” and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing fraudulent tax returns on their behalf.

Credit Agricole SA’s unit in Switzerland agreed to pay $99.2 million to avoid prosecution through a U.S. program that has secured almost $742 million in penalties from 64 Swiss banks that disclosed how they helped Americans evade taxes.

A New York tax preparer received a 12-month prison sentence and was ordered to pay $144,604.00 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service after he was convicted of preparing false tax returns.

A new academic study pours cold water on the notion that companies that promote their social responsibility efforts are any better at paying their taxes than regular corporations.