Corporate taxes

It was supposed to be the best of times for the biggest U.S. banks: Rising interest rates and corporate tax cuts would boost profitability and spur lending, while deregulation lowered costs.

The new tax law allows for full and immediate write-offs through 2022.

What was meant to be an opportunity to mingle in the sun in a southern French city turned partly into a public denunciation of tax practices of U.S. web giants.

Transfer pricing, once an arcane specialty, has been growing as more countries apply their own rules and regulations.

Poor record-keeping meant the owner couldn’t document sales of non-marijuana merchandise.

The Large Business and International Division is targeting virtual currency, S corporation distributions and more for extra scrutiny.

President Donald Trump appeared to turn on an iconic American company he once embraced, accusing Harley-Davidson Inc. of using new tariffs on trade as cover to shift some production abroad as he threatened the motorcycle manufacturer with a “big tax” on bikes imported to the U.S.

Plan now for the future of corporate income tax when ‘bots do the ‘work.’

Here are the major considerations to keep in mind when developing future strategies that are affected by the tax code's new provisions.

The European Union is on course to hand dozens of U.K.-based companies a pre-Brexit tax bombshell, according to people familiar with a state-aid probe that could lead to bills exceeding 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion).

Ernst & Young has released a study on some trends it is seeing at companies around the world.

The NAEA offers advice to help owners deal with both reform and their perennial tax burden.

President Trump’s former top economic adviser said trade disputes could wipe out the benefits of the tax cuts Congress passed last year and may trigger an economic slowdown.

Some of the mistakes in the hastily drafted legislation could cost the industries millions of dollars.

Under pressure from businesses and homeowners, the Seattle City Council is poised to repeal a tax on large employers like Amazon.com Inc. less than a month after it passed the tax unanimously.

Corporate tax rates are falling around the world. Inequality expert Gabriel Zucman questions the conventional wisdom that they will goose investment and economic growth.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has companies facing the unusual problem of what to do with their extra money.

Seattle levied an annual tax of about $50 million on big companies last week to help solve the city’s homeless problem. The tax was watered down from the original proposal but it was controversial and pitted the city against its most powerful corporate resident, Amazon.com Inc.

European authorities indicated they are open to dropping a case against Ireland for failing to collecting Apple Inc.’s tax arrears quickly enough, as the company paid over a first tranche of cash.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a new template that corporate taxpayers need to use when asking for an advance pricing agreement with the IRS.