Tax Strategies

A tax attorney predicts that small businesses and high-net-worth individuals will need tax-planning advice to help protect their assets from anticipated changes in tax law.

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to begin working on passing an economic stimulus package, possibly even before he takes office.

Tax-related ballot initiatives went down to defeat in several states, including one in Massachusetts that would have repealed the state income tax.

Alma J. Batson and her son Kelcee L. Batson, operators of a tax prep business in Riverside, Calif., have pleaded guilty to federal tax charges.

Major League Baseball players and their agents are already looking for ways to skirt a steep income tax hike after President-elect Barack Obama takes office.

The results of Tuesday's election are increasing the balance of power on the Democratic side of the aisle in both the House and Senate.

Seventy-nine percent of CFOs and senior controllers said they do not plan to make tax decisions based on the outcome of the presidential and congressional elections, according to a survey by Grant Thornton.

An IRS tax compliance officer has been charged with accepting a bribe in exchange for preparing a false audit report for a taxpayer, and stealing another taxpayer's federal income tax refund and economic stimulus check.

Learn what practitioners should be focusing on in their upcoming year-end and general tax planning with both individual and corporate clients in this free webcast.

The Internal Revenue Service will begin conducting an annual survey of tax professionals early this month.