Income taxes

New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams told a group of House lawmakers that the limit on the state and local tax deduction is harming the city.

Intuit has decided to leave the Free File Alliance after coming under criticism for making it difficult to access a truly free version of TurboTax.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun offering online Tax Pro Accounts that practitioners can use for submitting an authorization request to an individual client’s own taxes online with the IRS.

Democrats may include at least a partial expansion of the state and local income tax deduction in the $3.5 trillion budget outline that Senate Democrats agreed upon this week.

A whirlwind tour of American taxes, from Boston Harbor to today’s Internal Revenue Code.

The former Microsoft CEO was cited in a ProPublica story that showed how billionaires use ownership of sports teams to lower their tax obligation.

The IRS won’t treat cash-for-vacation donations as compensation.

Congress introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at changing the estimated tax payment deadlines to a uniform, quarterly schedule.

Because each state’s requirements vary, nonprofits and their accounting firms are tasked with navigating a complex regulatory landscape.

A rare show of bipartisan unity unfolded Tuesday, with 18 lawmakers making the case for an expansion of the state and local tax deduction.

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders is proposing to partially revive the federal deduction for state and local taxes in an draft outline of a budget resolution designed to fast-track much of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda.

The president’s plan for trillions in proposed spending and tax increases is likely to take at least until September to clear.

Working remotely from abroad could bring some thorny tax problems.

Representative Tom Suozzi, one of the leaders in Congress behind the push for an expansion of the state and local tax deduction, is considering proposing a one-time wealth tax on the richest Americans.

Several of the world’s most prominent billionaires paid minimal or no federal income tax in some years, ProPublica reported.

Contrary to the dire predictions at the time, the massive overhaul of the nation’s Tax Code during Donald Trump’s presidency had a negligible initial impact on the nation’s domestic migration patterns, new data from the Internal Revenue Service show.

Billions of dollars in underreported taxes by employers and backup withholding for their employees are helping fuel the tax gap, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service is having a hard time hiring enough staff to help it get through this year’s extended tax season and overcome its backlog of unprocessed tax returns.

Possibly more on stretch IRAs; addressing the gap; the SALT cap and progressive taxation; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

The proposal won’t affect couples with incomes below $400,000 — but could impact couples who together exceed that threshold.