Tax research

In the wake of the TCJA and other legislative uncertainty, access to reliable information is more important than ever.

Bloomberg Tax and Thomson Reuters have released their projections for a variety of tax-related items that are subject to change each year, particularly after last year’s big tax overhaul.

The Internal Revenue Service updated the information on its website about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to help taxpayers and practitioners better understand tax reform.

It’s easy to be outraged about multinational corporations’ shifting of profits to tax havens, but much harder to figure out how to stop them from doing it without hurting the economy. Evidence exists that curbing tax avoidance opportunities makes these firms move actual jobs, not just accounting profits, overseas.

In many cases, the profitable sale of a second home will result in a tax-favored capital gain.

Despite the uptick in interest rates, an improved economy may lead to a resurgence of interest in vacation or second homes.

Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Catalyst has published an analysis of the new Section 199A qualified business income deduction for pass-through entities ushered in by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting is leveraging Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant to add voice-enabled search to its CCH AnswerConnect tax research product.

Thomson Reuters has introduced the Checkpoint Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Toolkit to help accounting firms advise clients about the new tax law.

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

Vague disclosures by public companies about how much they’re paying in taxes don’t appear to be deterring investors, according to a new study.

Nobody likes taxes, but new research shows they can be good for your health.

The following is some of the advice I give when I train or mentor a new tax specialist:

At some point in my practice I had to ask a staff person if he would want to specialize in taxes. The first time occurred over 35 years ago when my main tax reviewer left for a position with another firm where he would be “more important than just a tax reviewer.”

The new tax law is having an unequal effect on Americans' paychecks.

What does it take to get into the 1 percent? The price of admission is an adjusted gross income—basically, what you make before deductions—of $480,930.

The Internal Revenue Service’s processes for assigning Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers don’t always manage to identify fraudulent or incomplete applications, according to a new report.

Bloomberg Tax released its 2018 Tax & Accounting Outlook, focusing on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Congress passed last month.

Thomson Reuters has released several resources to help tax and accounting professionals deal with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has released guides for both consumers and tax professionals to the new tax reform law that President Trump signed into law Friday.