Tax research

A new study examines the likely effects of a change in the U.S. corporate tax system from the current worldwide system to a new hybrid system similar to the territorial systems used by other developed countries and concludes that such a change would increase the repatriation of foreign earnings by U.S. multinational companies.

CCH has debuted a CCH eBooks app for the Apple iPad to provide tax research on the go to tax practitioners.

Check out the digital edition of the November 2013 issue of Accounting Today.

Thomson Reuters has released Checkpoint Credits and Incentives Pinpointer, a Web-based tool that helps businesses identify statutory credits and incentives that are available for each industry or location.

A new report from the Government Accountability Office examines corporate tax deferral, highlighting the distortionary impact on the economy.

A dozen emerging technology companies, including Twitter and Facebook, have enough unused tax breaks for executive stock options to eliminate all income taxes on the next $11.4 billion of U.S. income they collectively earn, according to a new report, giving them a net federal tax cut of $4 billion.

More and more companies are coming under scrutiny from tax authorities

Approximately 8,400 federal employees and contractors who were judged eligible for a security clearance from April 2006 to December 2011 owed approximately $85 million in unpaid federal taxes as of June 2012, according to a new government report.

The amount of money the federal government receives from corporate income taxes has been declining since 2008, mainly because of the recession, according to a new government report.

Thomson Reuters has released an updated special report on the tax changes in the Affordable Care Act, which have become more relevant now that the health insurance exchanges have opened for business in many states, despite the technical glitches on the federal site.

The total number of state, county, city and transit sales tax rate increases in the U.S. rose to 129 in the third quarter of this year, compared to 69 in third quarter of 2012, according to a new report from Thomson Reuters.

CCH has released a new tax briefing offering insights and analysis to assist tax practitioners and their clients with year-end tax planning.

Thomson Reuters’ WorldTrade Executive brand has released the latest edition of Global Transfer Pricing Solutions, a book that covers regulatory changes and provides analysis in the field of transfer pricing.

The Income Tax School Inc. has introduced the All-States Individual Income Tax Guide, aimed at students of the company’s ITS Comprehensive Federal Income Tax Course in individual Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Preparation.

Legislation approved by the Senate earlier this year to require online businesses to collect sales taxes from out-of-state customers could have a unfair impact on businesses owned by minorities, women, veterans and other groups, according to a new study.

CCH has made several improvements to its ProSystem fx Engagement and Knowledge Coach products, designed to make it easier for audit professionals to monitor and report trial balance activity on multiple funds while ensuring compliance.

Bloomberg BNA has released its annual projections of U.S. tax rates for 2014.

Taxpayers will receive some tax relief next year, thanks to the Internal Revenue Service’s inflation-adjusted indexing provided under the Tax Code, according to estimates from CCH.

The Internal Revenue Service’s estimate of the so-called “Tax Gap,” the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid voluntarily and on time, needs to be more accurate, reliable, comprehensive and timely, according to a new government report released to the public Monday by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

Thomson Reuters has released the FATCA Essentials library as part of its Checkpoint online research service, providing information on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.