Tax

The service intends to make the criminal background checks and tax compliance checks it performs more consistent, with more up-to-date fingerprint information from the FBI.

Neil Fishman of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners shares the main issues that tax preparers should be paying attention to as the next filing season approaches.

Final regulations confirm that individuals who take advantage of the increased gift and estate tax exclusion amounts that are in effect from 2018 to 2025 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act won’t be adversely affected after 2025.

Even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is skeptical about the viability of Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax to pay for trillions of dollars in government programs and address income inequality.

Technology, declining budgets and other factors are radically changing how and which tax returns get looked at.

Not to worry; oh, brother; Crown and out; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Lawmakers say Congress has broad authority to investigate misconduct by the president.

In its annual report, the advisory committee also sees a need for more TCJA guidance.

The legislation from the House Judiciary Committee would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and reassess pot convictions.

The GREEN Act aims to deal with climate change by offering a range of tax incentives for use of renewable energy.