SASB makes transition to new leadership

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board held its first board meeting under its new leadership this week to discuss progress on its provisional standards, with an eye to releasing them in the fall.


AICPA wants IRS and Treasury to simplify Form W-4

CPAs and EAs are raising objections to the draft version of the Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate.


Westchester home sales plunge after Trump’s tax overhaul

The nation’s new tax law is scaring would-be homebuyers from Westchester, a longtime refuge for families escaping New York City’s high costs.


Accountants encouraged by tax cuts, but worried about trade war

The recent tax overhaul is buoying optimism in the U.S., but not abroad.


IRS owes tax refunds to 133,000 injured veterans

The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to send millions of dollars in tax refunds to veterans who received disability severance payments starting in 1991.


Tax Fraud Blotter: To the cleaners

Disabled, in foster care and deductible; no profits but thousands in expenses; conviction overturned; and other highlights of recent tax cases.


A new look for the 1040?

The IRS and Treasury have unveiled a proposed postcard-sized version of the workhorse form.


Lights, camera, action and tax cut! Spotlight on the California Film and Tax Credit Program

Motion picture and TV production tax incentives should be incorporated in the tax planning process to lower the cost of production.


House committee advances legislation providing tax break for gym membership

The bill would allow taxpayers to treat the amounts paid for membership at a fitness facility as medical expenses.


Not all leads are the same

When you start marketing your firm using a variety of marketing tactics at once, you will soon realize that all leads are not to be treated equally.