Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, held a hearing on October 1 to examine solutions addressing overpayments of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), as well as with Medicare and Medicaid, whose oversight is conducted by the committee. The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has reported
Read more →Two senior members of the House Ways and Means Committee on April 30, Kevin Brady, R-Tex., and Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., reintroduced legislation, the Real Estate Investment and Jobs Bill of 2015 (HR 2128), which would remove a 1980s era tax provision that discourages foreign investment in U.S.
Read more →An eleventh-hour temporary extension of federal highway and transportation spending is partially paid for by new tax compliance requirements. The Surface Transportation and Veterans HealthCare Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R. 3236) was approved by the House, 385 to 34, on July 29th and Senate on July
Read more →On Thursday, April 30th, two senior members of the House Ways and Means Committee, Kevin Brady, R-Tex., and Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., reintroduced legislation, the Real Estate Investment and Jobs Bill of 2015 (HR 2128), that would remove a 1980s era tax provision that discourages foreign investment in U.S.
Read more →The entire burden for implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) falls on U.S. and foreign financial services firms, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). In addition, a former acting IRS commissioner who helped oversee the rollout of the anti-tax evasion law
Read more →Many popular but temporary tax incentives have been extended again by the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014. Among them is Code Sec. 179 small business expensing, bonus depreciation, the research tax credit, and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. This blog provides some highlights of the 2014
Read more →After much anticipation, Congress has passed the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (2014 Tax Prevention Act) to extend popular individual and business tax provisions retroactively for one year (through 2014). This one-year retroactive extension allows you to claim many popular tax incentives that expired on December
Read more →On Thursday, December 11th, 2014 House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich. introduced H.R. 1 – Tax Reform Act of 2014. The proposal formalizes the tax reform discussion draft released on February 26, 2014, without modifications. “I hope that the formal introduction of this proposal
Read more →The 2015 tax-filing season will likely be the worst in nearly 30 years, according to National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson, who spoke to tax practitioners on November 3 at the AICPA’s National Tax Conference in Washington, D.C. Olson told attendees that the filing season will be
Read more →HR 4 – Jobs for America Act DIVISION I—WAYS AND MEANS TITLE I—SAVE AMERICAN WORKERS Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Repeal of 30-hour threshold for classification as full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replacement with
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