Tax research

The tax reform bill heading toward passage in Congress is likely to help the bottom lines of many companies with lower taxes, but a new academic study suggests the impact on CEOs could have mixed results.

The final Republican tax bill would lower taxes on average across the income spectrum for the first eight years, with the largest benefits going to upper earners, according to a new analysis Monday by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

The Treasury Department’s inspector general is examining whether political considerations interfered with Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s promised analysis of the Republican tax proposal.

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The Internal Revenue Service has posted a number of draft tax forms and instructions for tax year 2017, including Form 1040 and its related schedules, on its website.

The first of two articles on the draft tax forms and instructions for the 2017 tax year released by the IRS.

While many victims of the recent hurricanes and storms remain busy salvaging what they can and seeing what their insurance will cover, they also want to know what tax help they're entitled to.

When the extent of their losses becomes clear, hurricane victims will want to know what tax help they're entitled to.

Even the most drastic changes to the Internal Revenue Code won’t diminish accounting and tax pros’ needs for tools that deliver in-depth, accurate info.

Senior finance professionals want to lower the corporate tax rate, capital gains taxes, and taxes on foreign income, while instituting a carbon emissions tax, according to a survey by the Institute of Management Accountants.

Internet sellers have been grappling with the murky sales tax implications of online sales for well over a decade.

An 85 percent majority of corporate tax executives perceive tax reform as the biggest challenge they’re facing in the months ahead, according to a new survey.

Thomson Reuters has introduced Checkpoint Marketing for Firms Emerging Tax and Regulation Alerts to allow accounting firms to keep clients informed about new and proposed tax legislation and regulatory changes.

Bloomberg BNA and Grant Thornton LLP are combining their expertise to help organizations understand the tax and regulatory changes on the horizon.

The omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress includes a number of priorities and directives for the Internal Revenue Service.

The Congressional Research Service has issued a report summarizing the proposed tax changes in the "Better Way" tax reform blueprint released last summer by congressional Republicans.

States are moving away from the physical presence standard for determining nexus, and toward a factor presence standard.

Approximately two-thirds of residents of Group of 20 countries distrust politicians about the tax system, according to a new survey by a trio of accounting organizations.

Lawyers and engineers are the most likely occupations to hire professional tax preparers, according to newly released statistics.