On June 28, 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued a directive immediately revoking a prior directive issued earlier this year that would have required out-of-state Internet vendors to collect sales...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 26 that a taxpayer was not required to report certain online gambling accounts to the IRS...

In Notice 2016-1, the IRS issued the 2016 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

The IRS concluded that payments made to a limited liability company that is not taxed as a corporation are subject to the information reporting requirements under Section 6041.

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently held that a local business privilege tax imposed on fees paid by Pennsylvania 7-Eleven franchise stores to 7-Eleven's regional office in Upper Moreland Township...

On June 14, 2017, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania sustained the Philadelphia Beverage Tax (PBT), more commonly known as the "Soda Tax."

President Obama rolled out an ambitious new tax platform in his State of the Union address on Jan. 20.

The Appeals employee would assist in settling the matter between the IRS and the taxpayer.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, last week announced a new deadline of July 6, 2015, for the committee's tax reform working groups to submit their reports.

The House and Senate are expected to begin negotiating a final compromise on the extenders after the August recess.

The Supreme Court's decision to allow individuals to continue to receive premium tax credits for purchasing insurance on federal health care exchanges removes the last major challenge...

The Tax Court held that the collapse of a poorly maintained retaining wall after a spring with heavy rain is not a casualty within the meaning of Section 165(c)(3) and the taxpayer is not entitled to a...

The top two congressional tax writers met last week to discuss how to tackle the priorities competing for their attention in 2016.

The IRS issued a special administrative procedure Jan. 8 allowing employers that have yet to file their 2014 fourth-quarter Form 941 to implement a retroactive increase in excludible qualified transit benefits.

The IRS issued final regulations (T.D. 9725) on the estate and gift tax applicable exclusion and requirements for electing portability of a deceased spousal unused exclusion (DSUE) amount under Section 2010(c).

The Treasury Department has delayed for one year the effective date of the documentation requirements under the Section 385 regulations...

In a complaint filed on Aug 4 in the Western District of Texas the US Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Association of Business filed suit against the IRS and Treasury over the inversion regulations.

During February and March 2017, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed multiple tax bills into law that make changes to the state's income; sales; property; and business, professional...

Senate Finance Committee ranking minority member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has added tax professor Victor Fleischer to his tax-writing committee staff.

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has pledged to introduce bipartisan legislation to address the recent rise in corporate inversion.