Tax

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.

A roundup of some of our favorite new tax fraud cases.

Michael Sonnenblick of Thomson Reuters discusses how tax loss harvesting can help investors save on taxes, along with some of the risks.

As the calendar year—and for many companies, the financial year—draws to a close, accountants are gearing up for or holding what can feel like a gauntlet of meetings with business owners to begin preparing financial statements and tax returns.

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