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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The Supreme Court has turned away a request for judicial review from a 55-year-old CPA who sued Baylor Law School for age discrimination after the school rejected his application.
June 4 -
Chuck McCabe, president of Peoples Income Tax and The Income Tax School, has some suggestions for independent preparers to stay on the cutting edge during the summer.
May 28 -
An after-action report on the 2015 filing season.
May 28 -
The Tax Court recently ruled against the IRS over what constitutes a present interest in a Crummey trust.
May 26 -
Bloomberg BNA releases its annual state tax survey
May 25 -
Members of NCCPAP, the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, made their views known to congressional staff and IRS officials during meetings in Washington D.C. last week.
May 21 -
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a couple who owed more than $22,000 in unpaid taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, lost their case in Tax Court and then argued that the Tax Court violated the U.S. Constitution.
May 20 -
The Supreme Court struck down the state of Marylands practice of taxing a residents income that was earned and already taxed in another state without providing a full tax credit, ruling Monday that the practice violates the Constitution.
May 18 -
Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would provide a month-long safe harbor from income tax and withholding requirements for traveling employees and their employers.
May 15 -
Popular at times in the past, but perhaps out of favor more recently, QPRTs (Qualified Personal Residence Trusts) may be an idea whose time has returned.
May 14 -
In a case that could have repercussions for the taxation of professional athletes, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a ruling that provoked a response citing the New England Patriots Deflategate scandal.
May 13 -
Companies with non-U.S. earnings parked overseas should start contemplating what they will do with the money if tax repatriation legislation is passed.
May 7 -
PricewaterhouseCoopers latest Trendsetter Barometera quarterly survey of top executive officers at privately held U.S. businesseshas something positive in it for everyone, according to Ken Esch, the PwC Private Company Services partner who conducted the survey.
May 1 -
Ideas for tax reform abound, though the prospects are not as bright as they once were.
April 28 -
An OECD initiative on tax evasion is causing ripples around the world
April 27 -
In a case of first impression before the Delaware Chancery Court, the defense of in pari delicto was applied in favor of an auditor/accounting firm to defeat claims brought by the receiver of several insolvent insurance companies.
April 23 -
The business tax system today is inefficient, overly complex, and too riddled with loopholes, said Mark Mazur, assistant secretary for tax policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury.
April 21 -
Its no surprise that tax rates affect economic behavior.
April 16 -
As the pace of serious discussions on tax reform picks up, it is evident that small businesses and global multinationals are making their voices heard, while the middle market is getting lost in the shuffle.
April 9 -
Uncovering the multiple ways that your firm is vulnerable to liability claims
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