Tax research

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US has released two new tax briefings on the Supreme Court’s rulings last week on the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage, along with trade legislation that contained several tax provisions.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US has introduced the CCH International Tax Compliance Calendar, an interactive tool that delivers key deadline dates to tax professionals for up to 112 tax jurisdictions around the world.

LexisNexis has introduced Lexis Advance Tax, a specialized research portal providing news and analysis to accountants, tax and estate attorneys, government tax professionals and other tax practitioners.

Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting executive editor George Farrah talks about new features in his company's research products, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

George Farrah, executive editor of Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting, discusses changes in the accounting profession and the technology and recruiting strategies used by firms, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Thomson Reuters has released the fourth edition of its treatise, "Tax Planning for Highly Compensated Individuals," by Robert E. Madden on the Thomson Reuters Checkpoint service.

Thomson Reuters has added content on like-kind exchanges to its Checkpoint Catalyst tax research system to help tax practitioners secure tax deferrals for their clients.

Nearly half of all states impose taxes on memberships in gyms, health clubs, athletic clubs and fitness clubs, while the rest either exempt memberships or don’t have state sales taxes at all, according to new research.

At a recent gathering of corporate tax professionals, many confessed to uneasiness about the damage to the reputations of their companies from media reports about their tax strategies.

CFOs of multinational corporations have mixed reactions to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s crackdown on base erosion and profit shifting by global companies, according to a new survey.

The Clinton Foundation is reportedly planning to re-file five years’ worth of tax returns after questions arose over donations by foreign governments to the charitable foundation run by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.

It’s no surprise that tax rates affect economic behavior.

A new study of consumer spending of tax refunds finds a correlation between how the refunds are perceived and whether taxpayers opt to spend the money right away or save it for later.

In 2011, the federal government stopped the Advance Earned Income Tax Credits program. Today, Earned Income Tax Credits still exist, but on a 1040 personal tax return level only.

Tax directors at many organizations anticipate their companies will grow by entering into new domestic and international markets in the years ahead, according to a new survey by BDO USA.

When it comes to taxes, corporate America is getting a bit less corporate. And a bit less American.

The nonprofit organization Tax Analysts has created an interactive bar graph of audit rates to provide information on the chances of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service depending on different business types and individual income levels.

MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that tracks money's influence on politics, has released a new analysis of how major tax and accounting organizations are spending funds on lobbying Congress and federal agencies.

Consumer demand is not affected as much by sales taxes that are tacked onto purchase prices, as opposed to excise taxes that are included in the purchase price, according to a new study.

The consumer finance site WalletHub has created a ranking of the best and worst states to be a taxpayer.