Finance, investment and tax-related legislation

New legislation would require the IRS and the SBA to educate businesses on the subject.

An overhaul of the system should appeal to liberals and conservatives alike.

NCCPAP president Steve Mankowki discusses their concerns for preparers and their clients.

The Senate confirmed the new assistant secretary for tax policy just before its summer recess.

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015's controversial rules kick in starting on Jan. 1, 2018.

The sharing economy might have to start paying more taxes to the IRS.

The American Institute of CPAs sent a set of tax reform recommendations to Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, as the committee held back-to-back hearings Tuesday morning on tax reform and confirmation of an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury who will be in charge of tax policy and came from a firm that promoted controversial tax shelters.

15 regs, court cases, revenue procedures and other tax-related news practitioners should take note of.

A group of Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Richard Neal, D-Mass., has introduced legislation to allow same-sex couples who were previously barred from filing taxes jointly to now submit amended returns dating back to the year of their marriage.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation to provide taxpayers more rights to have their cases heard by the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Appeals.

Attempts to build an approach with broader support may risk support from moderate Republicans.

Members of Congress introduced bipartisan legislation to require anonymous shell companies to disclose their beneficial owners in an effort to uncover tax evasion, money laundering, terrorism financing and other crimes.

Not all changes to the code need to come from tax legislation.

The House passed legislation Tuesday to simplify state income tax rules for employees who travel across state lines.

The American Institute of CPAs observed a moment of silence at its Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning following the suicide bombing on Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.

President Trump has nominated David Kautter, partner-in-charge of the Washington National Tax practice of RSM US, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy.

Republican senators said it’s unclear whether their chamber will repeal all of the taxes imposed under Obamacare as they set aside the health-care bill passed by the House and prepare to write their own from scratch.

The Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act now heads to the Senate for consideration.

Simplification may call for firms and practices to adopt new models and approaches.

Observers are starting to move their predictions for change back to 2018.