Tax laws

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Michael Cohn
December 21, 2020 8:02 PM

The latest round of coronavirus stimulus legislation includes some major tax provisions and changes for accountants to watch out for in the New Year.

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Michael Cohn
November 23, 2020 5:14 PM

With a CARES Act fix stalled along with stimulus legislation, the institute is urging CPAs to put pressure on their representatives.

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Roger Russell
April 29, 2020 9:16 AM

Accountants play a critical role in helping clients get relief.

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Michael Cohn
April 20, 2020 1:45 PM

Two Senate Democrats are criticizing a little-known provision of the CARES Act stimulus package that would provide a tax break mostly to wealthy taxpayers, suspending excess business losses for prior tax years.

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Dave McGuire
April 6, 2020 3:18 PM

It is important to look at cost segregation and what it can do for a taxpayer.

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A table set for dining sits aboard a Bombardier Inc. Global 6000 business jet at the Singapore Airshow held at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore.
By Katherine Chiglinsky and Tom Metcalf
April 6, 2020 11:50 AM

The U.S. government’s $2.2 trillion stimulus package comes with a perk for high fliers: Flights are getting cheaper for some private-jet customers.

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By Steven T. Dennis, Laura Davison and Mike Dorning
April 6, 2020 10:49 AM

This is normally the time of year when the federal government is collecting taxes due, but the devastating coronavirus now has the U.S. trying to rapidly dole out hundreds of billions of dollars in aid and tax breaks to businesses large and small.

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Roger Russell
March 27, 2020 5:23 PM

The measure contains tax relief for both businesses and individuals, and other stimulus measures.

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Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (left), shakes hands with committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
Michael Cohn
March 20, 2020 5:10 PM

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have released separate sets of tax proposals aimed at alleviating the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, in contrast to the two bipartisan bills that have been signed into law already.

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Richard Asquith
March 18, 2020 2:33 PM

One strategy being used across international regions is to utilize value-added tax measures as a flexible and effective response to the economic slowdown.

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