Tax

CCH has expanded its Tax Prep Partner Series of online tax research products with a new Information Returns title.

The Senate vote Tuesday on repealing the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit failed, but it could be a sign of things to come as the tax reform debate heats up in the midst of talks to raise the debt limit.

CCH and Baker Tilly International have begun a strategic partnership that will enable accounting firms in the Baker Tilly International network to receive CCH news, insights and other information services.

Thomson Reuters has upgraded its Checkpoint online tax and accounting research service with new features designed to improve the system’s efficiency, customizability and analysis.

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty outlined his tax cut proposals during a speech in which he called for lower tax rates than other Republican presidential candidates have suggested so far.

A funny thing has been happening with the $7,500 plug-in electric vehicle tax credits that GM has been dangling before prospective buyers of its Chevrolet Volt: In many cases dealers rather than customers have been getting the tax breaks.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have proposed a set of changes to the New Markets Tax Credit program to encourage more money to go toward non-real estate businesses located in low-income communities.

Check out the digital edition of the June 2011 issue of Accounting Today.

Thomson Reuters has agreed to acquire Manatron, a provider of property tax automation and land registry global software for governments and municipalities and fold it into its Tax & Accounting unit.