Tax Strategies

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are evaluating the single-rate business tax recently adopted by Mexico to determine whether it can be credited under the terms of a treaty aimed at avoiding double taxation.

H&R Block delayed its Form 10-Q filing for its fiscal 2008 second quarter after hiring a new auditor, but reported a wider loss as the tax prep giant continues to experience fallout from its mortgage business.

As increasing client demand for tax services often exceeds a firm's manpower and resources, many firms are turning to outsourcing services and solutions to save time and expenses while increasing profitability. Listen to how one firm did it during an online session on Tax Prep Outsourcing.

CPA firm Argy, Wiltse & Robinson has acquired Spear Safer CPAs & Advisors, allowing the Virginia-based firm to expand further in South Florida.

The Senate and House have passed a bill that will provide tax relief to the victims of the Virginia Tech University shootings and their families.

As increasing client demand for tax services often exceeds a firm's manpower and resources, many firms are turning to outsourcing services and solutions to save time and expenses while increasing profitability. Listen to how one firm did it during an online session on Tax Prep Outsourcing.

The Senate passed a bill that would keep the alternative minimum tax from spreading to 23 million taxpayers, but without including any of the offsetting revenue-generating provisions included in a version of the bill passed last month by the House.

Defying a veto threat from the White House, the House passed legislation that would encourage the use of renewable energy, raise automobile fuel efficiency standards and increase taxes on major oil and gas companies, but the measure promptly stalled when it reached the Senate.

The House has introduced legislation to amend the Tax Code to modify the penalty on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by preparers.

The Internal Revenue Service auctioned off 21 lots of exotic animals, including tarantulas, pythons, wallabies and chinchillas, after seizing the assets of a group called the Living Science Foundation that fell behind in its tax payments.