Income Tax

The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition is calling on Congress to reject the tax extenders package that includes two wasteful offshore loopholes that allow U.S. companies to dodge billions worth of taxes.

The latest Blackbaud Index shows that online giving increased 10.6% for the three months ending October 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013. Overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 0.2% for the period.

On the day before Thanksgiving, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (PA, D.) called upon Congress to step up the fight against food insecurity nationally by approving a Senate bill that would increase tax incentives for individuals and small and mid-sized businesses donating food to food banks. Senate Bill 1395, known as the Good Samaritan Hunger Relief […]

Feeling generous this Holiday Season? The Internal Revenue Service is reminding individuals and businesses making year-end gifts to charity that several important tax law provisions have taken effect in recent years. Some of the changes taxpayers should k

Two years ago, in the wake of the election ballots legalizing recreational use of marijuana, I wrote a small blog post noting that as a new and rapidly-growing industry, there might be an opportunity for a new accounting practice area.

Tax refund fraud associated with prisoner Social Security Numbers remains a significant problem for tax administration, according to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

There’s been much ado about the 55 tax extenders currently being debated by a lame-duck Congress. These tax law provisions, which are generally favorable to taxpayers, technically expired after 2013, but may be revived retroactive to ...

Legislative proposals to curtail or eliminate the tax benefits of like-kind exchanges are in the works. With a lame-duck Congress finishing out this year and a brand-new class of lawmakers entering 2015, no one can be sure if this tax break will ...