Tax

President Trump has nominated David Kautter, partner-in-charge of the Washington National Tax practice of RSM US, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy.

The tool helps companies calculate and comply with country-specific taxation rules that change often.

The president’s personal lawyers said in a letter that his taxes from the past 10 years show that—with a few exceptions—he received no income from Russian sources and owed no debts to Russian lenders.

The tax tech company has earned a certification for SAP’s ERP Central Component solution.

The president is leaning toward preserving a trillion-dollar tax break for corporate borrowers—a move that economists say could jeopardize his goal of robust economic growth.

IRS experience is no shield from jail; $6 million in bogus deductions; ignoring injunctions; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

CPAs and their business clients and corporate tax departments need to consider different scenarios for the possible corporate tax reforms now being weighed in Congress.

A hedge fund manager says the British tax collection agency can’t investigate his 2009 finances because of a mistake in the letter warning him about the probe.

The Internal Revenue Service recently published an update to Publication 5146, Employment Tax Returns: Examinations and Appeal Rights, explaining the procedures IRS auditors use to conduct employment tax examinations and an employer’s rights and responsibilities during and after the examination process.

Deduction alternatives; the death of Medicare tax; a phony Social Security number; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.