Tax Strategies

A growing divide is emerging between Republicans and the business interests the GOP once unflinchingly championed.

The House Ways and Means Committee reported the text of the Tax Relief for Workers and Families Act after voting last week to advance the bipartisan bill.

Congress moved one step closer to enacting $78 billion in business and child tax breaks Friday, although election-year politics add risk to the legislation's prospects.

The former IRS contractor who stole and leaked the tax returns of former President Trump and other billionaires believed Americans had a right to the information, his lawyers told a judge.

A limited number of tax-exempt organizations won't be able to electronically file their income tax returns until the middle of March due to technology upgrades.

As tax-friendly as the rules are for HSA funds during an individual's lifetime, they can become much more punitive for funds left over after the original account owner dies.

Businesses eager for a tax deal announced by two powerful U.S. lawmakers can't yet bank on the corporate breaks.

The chairs of Congress' two main tax committees announced a deal to extend a number of expired tax credits and tax breaks, including the expanded Child Tax Credit.

The Internal Revenue Service provided initial guidance to aid employers in establishing pension-linked emergency savings accounts, an outgrowth of the wide-ranging SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022.

It was an eventful 12 months for practitioners, with new legislation, regulations, court decisions and IRS pronouncements all impacting the tax landscape.