Tax

A pair of influential senators are looking into the activities of a tax-exempt charity for disabled veterans after questions were raised about whether the group is actually spending the millions of dollars it has collected to help disabled veterans.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a Senate bill to spark the creation of startup businesses, with tax breaks and visa opportunities for foreign students, foreign-born entrepreneurs and immigrant employees.

With tax season finally over, you can see the light.

The Congressional Budget Office has issued a report warning that the economy could slip into a recession unless policymakers decide what to do about the steep tax increases and spending cuts that are scheduled to take effect next year.

Private equity firms are helping with employment growth, according to a new survey by accounting firm McGladrey LLP.

Now that tax season is safely out of the way, it's a good time to examine how to make it better next year.

The Internal Revenue Service has taken some initial steps to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, but it still has a long way to go, according to a new government report.

Students completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form can now skip the time consuming process of copying their tax data onto the form.

The New York State Society of CPAs has written to the Internal Revenue Service asking for a simplified method of electing deferral of U.S. taxation on Canadian Registered Retirement Savings Plans.

Senators Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., have unveiled a plan to respond to those like Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who recently moved to renounce his U.S. citizenship, allegedly to avoid taxes on the profits he is expected to collect from the social networking company’s initial public offering.