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Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump is elected next Tuesday, there are some tax-planning moves that will make sense for your clients no matter who gets into the Oval Office.

The IRS’s recent Audit Techniques Guide for the Tangible Property Regulations can help business taxpayers avoid problems with IRS examiners in interpreting the 2014 regulations on how to treat expenses incurred for materials, supplies, repairs and maintenance.

The 2017 tax outlook for businesses

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

A talent war is taking place as competition intensifies for quality high-level positions.

The Internal Revenue Service is warning against the use of so-called “micro-captive transactions” and similar transactions as potentially abusive.

The Internal Revenue Service has taken steps to improve the offer in compromise process for both taxpayers and the IRS, but it can still do more, according to a new report.

Known to many as a partisan attack dog, Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer is plotting to reach across the aisle next year with a pragmatic agenda he insists can get through a bitterly divided Congress.

Grant Thornton has released a collection of Year-End Tax Guides for 2016. Here are 10 of the most important 2016 tax-planning considerations for individuals.

With the 2016 presidential election dominating this fall’s news cycle, you may have overlooked an important and significant celebration—the centennial birthday of the estate tax.

I found out many years ago that I cannot spend my clients’ money.

Clients in business for themselves face a host of challenges. How can you best advise clients who already have their hands full making a living on their own?

Employers and small businesses have a new January filing deadline for W-2s, the Internal Revenue Service warned, adding that it must also hold some refunds until Feb. 15.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday the annual period for renewing a Preparer Tax Identification Number is now underway for tax professionals.

Internal Revenue Service examiners did not always follow procedures for weighing which tax debts could actually be paid by delinquent taxpayers, according to a new report.

If we lived in a perfect world, the salespeople in your firm (and if you’re a principal, that’s probably you) would have an endless supply of qualified, ready-to-be-sold prospects itching to sign a contract with your company. Sadly, that world does not exist.

The Internal Revenue Service continues to fall short in its cybersecurity efforts, according to a new report.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Earlier this week, I moderated an Accounting Today web seminar on Understanding Affordable Care Act Reporting: Year 2.

The IRS has released cost-of-living adjustments for the dollar limitations for pension plan contributions and other retirement-related items for tax year 2017.