Customer Contract Revenue Recognition Accounting Method Change Provided

The IRS has provided an automatic consent procedure for taxpayers to change to an accounting method that uses new standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for recognizing revenue from customer contracts. Revenue Recognition Accounting Method Change On

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IRS Outlines Guidance on Business Interest Deduction

The IRS has announced initial guidance for computing the business interest expense deduction under Code Sec. 163(j) effective for tax years beginning after 2017, and aspects that will be covered in future regulations. The deduction is generally limited to the taxpayer’s business interest income plus 30 percent

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Tax Reform Guidance Will Take Years, IRS Chief Says

Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told lawmakers on April 11 that implementing tax reform is one of the IRS’s highest priorities, but issuing guidance will likely take years. “Preliminary efforts to implement this new law are already underway,” Kautter said during a House Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee

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IRS Issues Additional Guidance on Transition Tax on Foreign Earnings

April 2, 2018 The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today provided additional guidance (Notice 2018-26) for computing the “transition tax” on the untaxed foreign earnings of foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted on Dec. 22, 2017. The Treasury

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