Tax practice

Business executives are giving mixed predictions on when and if tax reform will finally happen in Washington, in a new survey.

Hillary and Bill Clinton paid $43.9 million in federal taxes from 2007 through 2014 on adjusted gross income totaling $139,097,232, according to tax returns released by the former secretary of state's presidential campaign on Friday.

I have a confession to make: I died two years ago.

The Internal Revenue Service is really starting to tighten its rules on who can and cannot represent clients

The Internal Revenue Service regularly provides tax tips via email to provide timely reminders to taxpayers and preparers about tax breaks and requirements year-round, and its advice can be particularly helpful this summer.

Some of our favorite recent cases of tax fraud.

Laying the packages and their capabilities out, side by side

The Internal Revenue Service’s Collection division is piloting an initiative to make early contact with employers who may be falling behind in their payroll taxes.

In June, the Supreme Court held in Obergefell v. Hodges that “same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States. It follows . . . that there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse to recognize a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State on the ground of its same-sex character.”

A short-term highway-funding bill passed by the Senate on Thursday contains a number of tax-related provisions, including changing the due dates for partnership and C corporation tax returns.

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

Is it too early to start thinking about tax extenders? Not according to Kathleen King, managing director of Alvarez & Marshall Taxand’s Washington, D.C., office.

Takeaways from the first season of the repair regulations

The Internal Revenue Service is providing a safe harbor for contracts on services that are performed on a regular basis such as janitorial and landscape maintenance and software support.

Seventeen states will soon offer sales tax holidays where state sales tax charges are temporarily dropped on back-to-school items and other qualifying products.

Open Text Corp.’s chief executive officer said the technology company may take the Internal Revenue Service to court to fight a proposed tax increase.

Ted Cruz thwacked the gavel—and then thwacked the IRS.

Tax savings drove the acquisition strategy of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. and led to Burger King’s move to Canada, according to a U.S. Senate committee report.

The Internal Revenue Service is hampered by incomplete information from health insurance marketplaces in its efforts to oversee tax breaks for individuals in the Affordable Care Act, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service’s total tax debt inventory has increased 23 percent since 2009 to $380 billion, according to a new government report, while the agency’s collection staff has declined 23 percent after years of budget cuts.