Tax

Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal released a tax reform plan that would require all Americans to pay taxes.

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday examining the rising costs of higher education and tax policy, including how tax breaks could be a contributing factor behind spiraling tuition costs.

The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are asking Volkswagen about the federal tax credits given to buyers of its vehicles for owning energy-efficient cars, amid revelations that the automaker programmed its devices to cheat emissions tests.

Nearly three-quarters of Fortune 500 companies booked their profits to tax havens last year, with just 30 companies accounting for 62 percent of earnings stashed offshore, according to a new report.

One-quarter of corporate tax and transfer pricing directors believe their companies will fail to meet the first deadline proposed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Action Plan, according to a new survey.

Former UBS AG executive Hansruedi Schumacher, who pleaded guilty to helping Americans dodge taxes and testified at trial against his former boss, was sentenced to five years of probation by a judge who granted him leniency.

Following “concerns from the tax professional community,” the IRS has modified its Columbus Day service outage to minimize the impact of this maintenance period.

The OECD unveiled its blueprint Monday for cracking down on international tax avoidance, an opening salvo in what promises to be a prolonged battle.

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