Tax strategies

Grant Thornton LLP offers 10 tax tips for the end of calendar year 2015.

Planning for same-sex couples after Obergefell

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

The IRS has announced additional annual inflation adjustments for more than 50 tax provisions for 2016, including the tax rate schedules and other tax changes.

Starbucks Corp. and a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV unit must each pay as much as 30 million euros ($34 million) in back taxes after the European Union said they were handed illegal fiscal deals by the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The impact of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting action plan is still unclear, but tax executives are planning ahead for changes on the international tax front.

National Estate Planning Awareness Week is October 19 to 25, and two New York CPAs have some advice for estate planners and their clients.

U.S. Wealth Management CEO John Napolitano talks about how and when accountants should refer clients to an outside financial planner and work together with the advisor, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Blucora’s $580 million acquisition of HD Vest Financial Services promises to open up new opportunities for tax professionals who work with the brokerage.

Thomson Reuters released a content update to the Checkpoint Catalyst tool to help professionals comply with the financial reporting requirements set by the FASB.

While life insurance can be an income tax-free asset when structured appropriately, the income tax laws may result in the transfer of life insurance policies that are income taxable to both the transferor and the transferee.

Hillary Clinton is proposing a tax on the flash boys that may be unlike any in the world.

Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal released a tax reform plan that would require all Americans to pay taxes.

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday examining the rising costs of higher education and tax policy, including how tax breaks could be a contributing factor behind spiraling tuition costs.

Following “concerns from the tax professional community,” the IRS has modified its Columbus Day service outage to minimize the impact of this maintenance period.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

Greatland launched an early release of its Yearli Performance software for businesses to prepare for filing the new Forms 1095-C, required this year by the Affordable Care Act.

2015 year-end tax planning — what’s new

Provisions that are likely to be passed – however late (slideshow version)

As if the process of getting married isn’t complex and difficult enough, prospective spouses also need to take income tax considerations into account before tying the knot.