Tax News - The Tax Adviser

November 10, 2017

House Ways and Means approves amended Tax Cuts and Jobs bill

The committee voted to send an amended version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs tax reform bill to the full House.

November 9, 2017

Senate tax reform bill differs from House version in many ways

Differences include tax rates, treatment of various deductions and a delay in the reduction of the corporate tax rate.

November 7, 2017

Foreign income provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The House’s tax reform bill would make many changes to the taxation of US companies’ foreign subsidiaries.

November 6, 2017

House bill features many business tax changes

The House tax reform bill contains a large number of proposed changes that would affect businesses.

November 3, 2017

What the House tax bill holds for individuals

From new tax rates to fewer deductions, credits, and exclusions, the tax reform bill released by the House would have wide-ranging effects on the taxation of individuals.

November 2, 2017

Details of tax reform legislation revealed

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act released by the House Ways and Means Committee incorporates many of the provisions listed in the Republicans’ September tax reform framework while providing new details.

November 1, 2017

E-filing for 2016 individual returns will shut down soon

The news especially affects taxpayers in recent disaster areas who have received extensions until Jan. 31, 2018, to file their 2016 returns.

October 27, 2017

IRS announces delay in re-launching e-Services

The IRS had planned to launch by the end of the month its updated Secure Access site, which will require using a two-factor authentication process.

October 26, 2017

David Kautter to be named acting IRS commissioner

President Donald Trump plans to name David Kautter as acting IRS commissioner when John Koskinen’s term expires in November.

October 19, 2017

IRS issues 2018 inflation-adjusted tax tables and many other tax provisions

The IRS issued the annual revenue procedure that updates the almost 60 tax provisions that must be adjusted for inflation each year.

October 19, 2017

2018 pension plan contribution limits are announced

The IRS released the inflation-adjusted amounts that apply to pension and 401(k) plans for 2018.

October 16, 2017

IRS will enforce health coverage reporting on 2017 returns

This filing season will be the first time the IRS has enforced this requirement and will not accept tax returns that omit this information.

October 11, 2017

IRS permits partnership basis election without partner’s signature

To ease the regulatory burden on partnerships, the IRS announced that it is eliminating the requirement that partnership elections under Sec. 754 be signed by a partner.

October 4, 2017

Treasury to pull regulations after review of burdensome tax rules

Treasury said it intended to withdraw the Sec. 2704 valuation discount regulations and portions of the Sec. 385 corporate inversion regulations.

September 27, 2017

Republicans unveil tax reform framework

Republican leadership released a tax reform framework that calls for fewer individual tax brackets, a lower corporate tax rate, and elimination of many tax deductions.

September 26, 2017

IRS updates special per-diem rates for business travel

The IRS issued its annual updates of per-diem rates for use in substantiating expenses when traveling away from home on or after Oct. 1.

September 22, 2017

IRS to rule on tax-free stock distributions

The IRS is introducing an 18-month pilot program under which it will once again issue letter rulings concerning the general income tax effects of stock distributions under Sec. 355.

September 19, 2017

Hurricane Irma victims get IRS reprieve

Acting quickly in the wake of Hurricane Irma, the IRS gave filing and payment extensions to hurricane victims in 16 counties in Florida, all of St. John and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and four municipalities in Puerto Rico.

September 19, 2017

Rules would allow truncated taxpayer IDs on Forms W-2

In an effort to reduce identity theft, the IRS issued proposed regulations that would permit employers to use truncated taxpayer identification numbers (TTINs) on Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement.

August 31, 2017