Tax

Democrats are courting progressive-minded Americans by calling for a tax on Wall Street trades. If the party succeeds, the mom-and-pop investors they’re wooing could bear the brunt.

The Democratic Party’s proposed 2016 platform supports “a financial transaction tax on Wall Street”—but presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton is focused on a narrower approach that isn’t likely to target big banks.

Municipal bonds are becoming concentrated in a fewer number of hands and that may not be good for bondholders and states and local governments.

Tips on how to make working at home pay, from the Illinois CPA Society

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew is set to meet with European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager this week as she prepares to deliver a final verdict on a probe into Apple Inc.’s tax affairs in Ireland.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Many of the highest average state and local sales tax rates are found in the Southeast, according to a midyear report from the Tax Foundation.

Yes, it’s summer, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to forget about your clients, or ease up on your plans to attract new ones.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

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