Tax strategies

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee introduced legislation Tuesday to extend the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit and the American Opportunity Tax Credit for tuition and related expenses.

House Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday to prevent the Bush tax cuts from expiring.

An increasing number of business entities, including investment funds like the Carlyle Group, along with private hedge funds, private equity firms and venture capital funds, largely escape Internal Revenue Service audits due to the way they are organized, according to a new report.

New estimates from Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation indicate that millionaires would benefit a disproportionate amount from extending the tax cuts for income at all levels.

The American Institute of CPAs has recommended a modification to Internal Revenue Service guidance that governs the treatment of retail gift cards when the issuance and redemption of a card is handled by financially unrelated entities.

It’s not just the presence of taxes, it’s the anticipation of the future tax landscape that plays a decisive role in decisions made by small businesses.

Faced with possible dissent in their party, U.S. Senate Democrats are dropping estate tax language backed by President Barack Obama from their proposal to extend most George W. Bush-era tax cuts through 2013.

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a bill to provide tax credits to businesses that brings jobs and business operations back to the U.S. from abroad.

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A new report from Ernst & Young finds that allowing tax cuts to expire for upper-income taxpayers would cost the economy approximately 710,000 jobs.

Democratic lawmakers are trying to take a hard line with Republicans, threatening to let tax cuts expire at the end of the year rather than simply extend the Bush tax cuts for upper-income taxpayers.

President Barack Obama took aim at Republican rival Mitt Romney’s tax plan at a campaign event in Cincinnati, citing a new study on the effects of tax cuts on foreign corporate earnings.

Mitt Romney has come under increasing pressure from fellow Republicans in recent days to release more of his tax returns to the public.

Democratic lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced legislation to extend the Research and Development Tax Credit through the end of the year.

A bill to provide tax credits to small businesses that hire new workers has been blocked by Senate Republicans after Democrats refused to allow GOP-sponsored amendments on extending the Bush individual income tax cuts.

For Americans long subject to the complexities and confusions of the Internal Revenue Code, it may come as a shock to find that some believe the U.S. to be a tax haven.

Legislation to provide tax credits for small businesses that hire new workers has made progress in the Senate, with lawmakers voting 80 to 14 to advance the bill past a procedural hurdle Tuesday, but Senate Democrats blocked an attempt Wednesday by Republicans to add an amendment that would extend the Bush tax cuts for another year.

The top Senate tax writer predicted Democrats in the chamber will back President Barack Obama’s latest push to extend part of the Bush-era tax cuts, calling talk of Democratic dissension “background noise.”

President Barack Obama pushed for a one-year extension of the current tax rates, but only for taxpayers making under $250,000 a year.

Congressional Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a pair of bills to extend the production tax credit for wind energy manufacturers through the end of 2013 and provide a 10 percent income tax credit for employer payroll increases this year.