Tax

President Donald Trump is tapping his presidential authority to make tax changes that Congress is refusing to do, but his limited power means he could end up over-promising and under-delivering on his pledge to slash IRS bills.

Reopening the IRS; wording a referendum; the season that won’t end; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The firm is awaiting a ruling in a case involving a manufacturing company owner who sued the firm for fraud, negligence and other claims after the firm failed to advise him of a tax strategy.

President Donald Trump urged a judge to block a New York grand jury from reviewing his tax filings and disputed a suggestion by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. that the panel may be looking into bank and insurance fraud at the Trump Organization.

President Donald Trump said he’s “very seriously” considering a capital gains tax cut, a move he decided against last September after saying it wouldn’t do enough to help the middle class.

In its first-ever annual report, the division shared its major focuses and top initiatives from FY 2019.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been building its managed tax services business since 2017, but now it sees an opportunity to help companies who are dealing with COVID-19.

A man from St. Simons Island, Georgia, has been indicted for threatening to use a pipe bomb on an Internal Revenue Service building in New York.

The moves were criticized by Democrats and some Republicans as, variously, providing little real help, an unconstitutional power grab from Congress, and a backhanded way to defund Social Security and Medicare.

Businesses donating to charitable funds in exchange for a state tax credit can deduct those costs from their federal taxes, according to regulations released on Friday.