Fed officials doubt tax cuts will create investment, hiring boom

Two Federal Reserve officials, both former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executives, expressed doubt corporate tax cuts under consideration in Congress will lead to an investment or hiring boom.


CEOs could find their jobs at risk under tax reform

The tax reform bill heading toward passage in Congress is likely to help the bottom lines of many companies with lower taxes, but a new academic study suggests the impact on CEOs could have mixed results.


Democrats seek to force awkward name change for GOP’s tax bill

Democrats are seeking a symbolic victory that would force Republicans to strike the GOP’s preferred title for its bill—The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—according to Senator Bernie Sanders’s office.


Senate passes U.S. tax overhaul putting GOP on brink of big win

Senate Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years, a bill that delivers a deep, permanent tax cut for corporations and shorter-term relief for individuals.


Collins says news coverage of her tax vote ‘unbelievably sexist’

Republican Senator Susan Collins ripped news coverage of her decision to vote for the GOP tax-cut bill as “unbelievably sexist” on Tuesday.


The Accountants’ Full Employment Act?

The GOP tax reform act will create plenty of work for practitioners.


White House says Trump could benefit from business tax cuts

President Donald Trump could benefit from some of the business provisions in the tax bill that could be headed for his signature this week, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday.


Tax bill opens Arctic refuge for oil; years of delay may follow

Congress is close to lifting a 40-year-old ban on energy development in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but drilling for oil in that frozen wilderness may still be years away as the effort faces exhaustive environmental reviews and likely lawsuits.


5 tips for managing an accounting firm in 2018

It’s tough to run a successful accounting firm, and it’s getting more difficult with the war for talent and the commoditization of accounting firm services.


Eide Bailly to merge in Heider, Tanner & Dirks

Eide Bailly LLP, a Top 100 Firm, is expanding in Denver by adding Heider, Tanner & Dirks, Inc, effective Jan. 15.