Tax

Sales tax compliance technology provider Avalara has signed a strategic partnership with Moore Stephens North America, a regional association of accounting firms that is part of an international network, in the company’s latest deal with a major accounting firm group.

A new study examines the likely effects of a change in the U.S. corporate tax system from the current worldwide system to a new hybrid system similar to the territorial systems used by other developed countries and concludes that such a change would increase the repatriation of foreign earnings by U.S. multinational companies.

CCH has debuted a CCH eBooks app for the Apple iPad to provide tax research on the go to tax practitioners.

Millionaires who avoid payroll taxes by claiming income as business profits are among those in Democrats’ sights as congressional budget negotiators seek a deal by next month.

Instant Tax Service, described by a U.S. judge as the fourth-biggest tax preparation business in the nation, was ordered closed after a court found it engaged in abusive and fraudulent practices.

If you’re an accountant who loses money, and your spouse is a real estate agent who makes money, can you combine your business with your spouse’s in order to calculate self-employment tax?

Check out the digital edition of the November 2013 issue of Accounting Today.

Thomson Reuters has released Checkpoint Credits and Incentives Pinpointer, a Web-based tool that helps businesses identify statutory credits and incentives that are available for each industry or location.

CCH Small Firm Services will embark on a seven-city roadshow later this month to demonstrate the improvements made to its ATX 2013 professional tax software.

Senators Robert Menendez, D-N.J. and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., have introduced bipartisan legislation to help entrepreneurs start and grow a small business and comply with complex tax rules.