The Committee on Ways and Means announced last week that its first hearing of the new year will focus on pro-growth tax policies.

The IRS and much of the federal government shut down on Oct. 1 as Congress failed to agree on how to extend government funding.

Grant Thornton recently participated in an online broadcast.

The IRS in 2011 sent a Section 403(b) compliance check questionnaire to a national sample of more than 300.

The Texas Comptroller has issued a private letter ruling holding that a taxpayer providing insurance tracking/notification services to lenders was not providing taxable services.

The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) recently issued a Chief Counsel Ruling clarifying the sourcing of sales from non-marketing services under the state's market-based sourcing rules.

On Nov. 10, 2016, the Cook County Illinois Board of Commissioners adopted the Cook County Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance, more commonly known as the "Soda Tax" or "SBT."

The IRS plans to begin accepting applications for professional employer organization (PEO) certification beginning July 1, 2016.

The IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2016-19, which provides procedures for taxpayers who want to submit issues for consideration under the industry issue resolution (IIR) program.

New to the 2015 draft instructions are procedures for obtaining a 30-day extension for filing the forms with employees and the IRS, and details on how to correct paper returns.

The above-the-line deduction for qualified teaching expenses was also made permanent and indexed for inflation, but will remain at $250 in 2016.

The IRS Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) Division will likely move toward examining more business return categories, such as subchapter S corporations, and away from Form 1040 audits, a senior IRS official said May 6 in Washington.

The Minnesota legislature was called into a special session on May 23, 2017, to complete its passage of the necessary budget bills and the omnibus tax bill. The legislature passed the omnibus tax bill...

In Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Director of Taxation, the New Jersey Tax Court held that certain receipts were not subject to exclusion under New Jersey's former throw-out rule.

The New Jersey Tax Court has held that the gain from a deemed asset sale was non-operational income and therefore not subject to apportionment.

On April 10, 2017, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation that would require certain remote sellers that do not have a physical presence in North Dakota to collect sales...

In Oregon's legislative session this year, several laws were enacted that will impact Oregon taxpayers

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 April 26, 2017, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed the "Improving Manufacturing, Public Roads and Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy (IMPROVE) Act" or the "2017 Tax Cut Act"...

The legislation also updates the state's conformity to the Internal Revenue Code and revises provisions governing the state's fuel gross receipts tax and filing due dates.