Taxes

Marna Ricker, EY’s global vice chair of tax, discusses how international tax advisers and corporate tax clients have handled recent tax reforms and what to expect next. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This

School funding is back in the news as states struggle to reverse trends suggesting that students are performing at lower levels than before. Specifically, the country’s 13-year-olds showed the most significant declines ever recorded on the National Assessment of Educational Progress trend assessment in mathematics. The average math score for 13-year-olds declined 9 points between

The European Commission’s ability to ensure that advance pricing agreements granted by member states comply with state aid rules is already under threat, but a recent advocate general opinion proposal would restrict it even further. In her June 8 opinion in Commission v. Luxembourg, C-457/21 P, concerning state aid allegedly conferred on the Amazon group

One of the most basic estate planning technique for someone likely to have a taxable estate is regular annual exclusion gifts. That’s the amount you can give to each person without it counting against your unified credit. In 2023 the amount is $17,000. You can give $17,000 to each of your kids, each of your

Are tax troubles on your mind? It’s National Get Out Of the Doghouse Day. Why not take advantage of the opportunity to clean up your finances and resolve your tax issue? Getting started now will help get you out of the doghouse with Uncle Sam (and potentially, your spouse, business partner, or mom). Background National

Flooding victims anywhere in Vermont now have until Nov. 15, 2023, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including postponing various tax-filing and tax-payment deadlines for any taxpayer with an address of record in

The IRS announced today that it is reopening previously closed taxpayer assistance centers (TACs), adding additional TACs, and starting a series of Community Assistance Visits to assist taxpayers in areas where the closest TAC is prohibitively far away. Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act provided the means for the IRS to increase its in-person customer

An international tax advisor has been re-arrested and charged for his role in a conspiracy to engage in tax fraud for over seven years. Frank Butselaar, a citizen of the Netherlands, was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and five counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns.

It appears that the green energy tax breaks included in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are more popular among businesses than Congress imagined when it passed the bill. That likely will further increase the federal deficit but also reduce carbon emissions more than first forecast. Which raises the question: On net, is that a

Two Tax Court decisions last month emphasize the wisdom of keeping separate accounts for your losing side gig. Donald Swanson had a charter fishing business. Susan & James Mercier played slots. In neither case were they able to establish that their activities were businesslike enough to avoid the curse of Section 183, commonly referred to