Rio Tinto and ex-CEO and ex-CFO face accounting fraud charges on $3.7 billion coal calamity

Rio Tinto Group’s calamitous $3.7 billion coal deal in Mozambique keeps coming back to haunt the world’s second-biggest miner, three years after it unloaded the mine.


Warren Averett Technology Group expands presence in Tampa Bay

The VAR has forged a partnership with Florida-based outsourced IT provider Network People.


Trump pitches tax plan to policy group that helped write it

President Donald Trump sought to rally support for his effort to overhaul the nation’s tax code on Tuesday at a conservative policy group that helped write the plan.


Mnuchin sees stock market wiping out gains if tax plan fails

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the stock market will probably see its gains wiped out if lawmakers fail to deliver planned tax cuts that will benefit corporate America.


KPMG offers tax planning guide

KPMG has released its 2018 Personal Tax Planning Guide with information about the current tax laws and guidance to help privately held businesses, business owners and their families deal with the uncertainty of upcoming tax reforms.


IRS won’t accept returns next year without health coverage

The Internal Revenue Service said that for the upcoming 2018 filing season, it‎ will not accept electronically filed tax returns where the taxpayer does not address the health coverage requirements of the Affordable Care Act, the first tax season it has refused to accept such returns.‎


IRS reaches out to tax pros on questionable returns

The service will also be warning preparers about due diligence requirements.


Trump’s bid for Bannon-McConnell peace shows tax plan fears

Steve Bannon won’t abandon his war against congressional Republican incumbents, not even after President Donald Trump publicly pleaded for a truce that could salvage the tax overhaul at the heart of his legislative agenda.


White House pitches $4,000 wage boost post corporate tax cut

Cutting the corporate tax rate to 20 percent, as President Donald Trump has proposed, would increase average household income by at least $4,000 a year, according to estimates in a White House study.


Wage earners should not have to subsidize small-biz owners

A retired tax practitioner takes issue with proposals to lower rates for pass-through business income.