Roger Russell is a senior editor at Accounting Today. He focuses on tax developments and compliance, and professional liability issues affecting CPAs. He is a tax attorney and has been a researcher and analyst at several major tax publishing companies.
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Holiday parties and team-building outings may still be deductible. What about entertaining prospects over dinner?
April 24 -
The tax treatment of bitcoin and its ilk raises major questions.
April 3 -
Entrepreneurs who suffer continuous losses could find their work classified as a hobby by the IRS.
February 1 -
The new rules impose tax liability on the partnership rather than the partners, which is a major departure from treating a firm as a pass-through entity.
November 2 -
In the world of trust and estate administration, where tax planning typically involves special attention to federal tax law compliance, its easy to lose focus on state income taxation issues. And while some states do not tax income related to trusts, states that do tax trust income have a variety of rules and criteria for which trusts are subject to tax.
March 21 -
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a class action that sought damages by class members as a result of the 2008 UBS tax evasion scandal.
February 11 -
Its comforting to know that tax reform is proceeding apace on several different fronts.
March 21
