Tax

Software touch; $3.5 million scam; big woof; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

President Donald Trump said he’s considering a capital gains tax break by issuing a regulation that would index gains to inflation.

Lawmakers approved the measure this spring as a way to get around limits in the new federal tax law on state and local tax deductions.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve its procedures to prevent the fraudulent use of third-party authorization forms.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted “precise answers” before deciding whether to introduce pay-as-you-earn income tax withholding as planned next January.

The Taxpayer Protection Act requires tax preparers to use their PTINs to file state returns and includes other measures to stop bad apples.

Bullish, for now. That’s the takeaway from second-quarter earnings.

Thanks to the new TCJA, the bank's deals could become a lot more lucrative.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department are following up on their threat to forestall attempts by states to get around the $10,000 limit in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on deductions of state and local taxes by setting up state-run charitable contribution funds.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department published a notice Tuesday saying they intend to issue proposed regulations clarifying who is a qualifying relative for the new $500 credit for dependents and head of household filing status for years in which the exemption amount is zero for tax years 2018 through 2025.