Taxes

September 28, 2015 

Some taxpayers who have spent the last few years trying to avoid the alternative minimum tax (AMT) might try a novel approach in 2015: They might actually increase their AMT liability. This could be the optimal approach after you’ve conducted an ...

September 27, 2015 

The main attraction is the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains. Typically, an investor will pay a long-term capital gains tax of 15 percent on a securities transaction. For someone in the top ordinary income tax bracket of 39.6 percent, the ...

September 24, 2015 

Thomson Reuters has released its Checkpoint Learning 2015 Tax Update program, which helps tax professionals and accounting firms educate their clients, prospects and client service teams on the latest developments in the field.

September 23, 2015 

Because of the income ranges bracketing the marginal tax rates have increased, a single filer with taxable income of $50,000 should owe $22.50 less next year due to the adjustments to the income tax rate brackets between 2015 and 2016.

September 23, 2015 

“The RRP test results show potential improvements in the IRS approach to prevent, detect, and resolve pre-refund tax fraud,” said J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. “While these potential improvements are ..."

September 22, 2015 

In an effort to eliminate dual taxation with respect to Social Security taxes, the United States entered into international agreements, called Totalization Agreements, with 24 foreign countries.

September 22, 2015 

Oil and gas service provider, Halliburton, has agreed to pay $18,293,557 to 1,016 employees nationwide. The department’s Wage and Hour Division investigated Halliburton as part of an ongoing, multi-year compliance initiative in the oil and gas ...

September 22, 2015 

Cloud tax solutions provider Avalara has launched a new automated sales tax rates and returns service for Xero customers. The integration provides tax rate data in real time, enabling quick and automatic access for inclusion in customer invoices.

September 21, 2015 

I was intrigued when a blog boldly declared that IRS statistics show that states that attempt to tax the wealthy to pay for social programs only serve to drive the wealthy to states that offer lower taxes. Anyone who follows the ...

Dave McClure

September 21, 2015 

The IRS issued more than 100.3 million refunds totaling more than $270.9 billion, compared to nearly 101.2 million refunds totaling more than $272.4 billion in 2014. The average refund increased slightly to $2,701 in 2015, compared with ...

September 20, 2015 

In addition to the standard rates for specific destinations, certain high-cost areas are specified. All the other destinations are treated as low-cost areas if the high-low alternative is used.

September 20, 2015 

The autumn is the traditional time for investors to harvest capital losses from securities transactions to offset capital gains realized earlier in the year. It’s a year-end tax strategy that seems as timeless as the seasons themselves.