Tax

When one dies owning commercial or rental residential real estate, a cost segregation study can be a highly effective tool for reducing the estate’s tax burden.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday to examine the Internal Revenue Service’s recent failures to protect taxpayer information from cybercriminals.

European Union regulators sought to shame big global companies into paying their full tax bill by forcing them to publish how much they divert to offshore havens.

U.K Prime Minister David Cameron defended his tax affairs to Parliament, telling lawmakers he’d been slow to respond to questions because of anger at seeing his late father’s name attached to stories about offshore evasion.

European Union regulators are looking to force corporate tax avoidance via offshore havens into the open, with fresh proposals made more urgent by the Panama Papers revelations.

Escalating a 19-month regulatory assault against U.S. companies’ shifting their tax addresses offshore, President Barack Obama’s administration last week also went after companies that have always been overseas.

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

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

More companies are offering technology this tax season to connect taxpayers with a preparer who is willing to do their taxes. The latest is a startup known as TaxChat.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has introduced legislation to combat tax refund theft by identity thieves.