Roger Russell is a senior editor at Accounting Today. He focuses on tax developments and compliance, and professional liability issues affecting CPAs. He is a tax attorney and has been a researcher and analyst at several major tax publishing companies.
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Last week, the Alabama Department of Revenue challenged the U.S. Supreme Courts 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, which established a physical presence test for sales tax nexus.
September 17 -
The American Institute of CPAs wrote Congress to warn that a bill grants the IRS too much authority to regulate tax preparers.
September 15 -
Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the IRS will reject any checks received for over $99,999,999.00.
September 15 -
Independent tax preparation businesses face challenges of fierce competition and seasonality, according to Chuck McCabe, president of Peoples Income Tax and The Income Tax School.
September 10 -
The Tax Court sided with a taxpayer who failed to get a petition protesting a tax lien delivered in time to the Tax Courts own offices because of a federal holiday and a winter snowstorm that closed the offices.
September 9 -
Lawsuits are never fun, particularly for CPA defendants who stand to lose money, reputation and time.
September 3 -
If you have discussed the idea of setting up a family limited partnership with any of your clients in the past, now might be a good time to revisit the subject.
August 27 -
Tax prep software vendors on what's coming up, from the threat of DIY to the promise of the cloud
August 25 -
Practitioners school Congress on tax complexity
August 19 -
The Boston Bruins hockey team is taking the Internal Revenue Service to court over its habit of deducting 100 percent of the cost of away-game meals.
August 19 -
The Tax Court has held that the unallocated alimony/child support payments by a doctor to his ex-wife were non-taxable.
August 18 -
Bloomberg BNA has released a new edition of Unclaimed Property, its Tax Management Portfolio on escheatment and unclaimed property laws.
August 17 -
Becoming a defendant in a lawsuit is not a pleasant experience, and the risk to accountants has risen dramatically in recent years.
August 13 -
A federal appeals court has reversed a Tax Court decision in favor of an unmarried couple, finding the mortgage debt limit provision in the Tax Code applies on a per-taxpayer basis and allowing each of them to deduct mortgage interest up to the $1.1 million limit.
August 11 -
Its bound to happen. Your client gets a letter from the IRStheyre being audited.
August 6 -
If residents of a state change domicile to another state and earn income in the new state, are they off the hook for state income tax in the state where they no longer reside?
August 5 -
Congress has effectively overruled the Supreme Court by extending the time period for auditing certain types of tax returns.
August 4 -
The Internal Revenue Service is really starting to tighten its rules on who can and cannot represent clients
August 3 -
Is it too early to start thinking about tax extenders? Not according to Kathleen King, managing director of Alvarez & Marshall Taxands Washington, D.C., office.
July 30 -
Takeaways from the first season of the repair regulations
July 30
