Tax Strategies

Congress voted in December 2010 to let wealthy Americans make tax-free gifts of as much as $5 million—and the money flowed.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, has introduced legislation to limit tax write-offs for executive bonuses to $1 million per employee.

While President Obama mentioned taxes a number of times in his State of the Union speech last night, the details were scant.

The Internal Revenue Service has generally been able to identify potentially improper claims for Small Business Health Care Tax Credits by tax-exempt organizations and subject them to further review, but improvements are still needed to ensure the claims are being caught in time, according to a new government report.

President Barack Obama proposed a series of actions to deal with economic issues ranging from the minimum wage to tax reform and student loan debt during his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is anticipating that Super Bowl XLVIII will generate over $210 million in direct spending in the New York and New Jersey area, though the revenue generated by the Super Bowl and other pro football activities is leading some to question the NFL’s nonprofit, tax-exempt status.

The Ending Subsidies for Yachts Act, barring the tax deduction for new mortgages on boats, is pushed by two Democrats in the Republican-led House, Representatives Mike Quigley of Illinois and Tim Walz of Minnesota.

Ten years ago, Congress passed a law intended to penalize chief executive officers whose companies shift their legal addresses to tax havens.

Here is a one-question multiple choice quiz for all return preparers.

The Internal Revenue Service recently drafted Affordable Care Act regulations that offer some insight into what will be the associated monetary penalties for individuals who do not take up health care coverage.