Report from AICPA Tax Conference 2016

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen addressed attendees at the AICPA tax conference earlier this month in Washington DC. “It promises to be another complicated filing season, and not just because of our budget situation”. “Along...

Tax Extenders Affecting 2015 U.S Tax Returns

The tax extenders were passed in the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act (Act) early in 2016, and consisted of permanent, five-year, and two-year extenders. These provisions are estimated to cost U.S. $629 billion over ten years, and came as a welcome relief after...

Tax Extenders Bill Countdown

“We are the only nation in the world that lets a huge chunk of its tax code expire, often for a year, and then retroactively puts it back in place.” “That whole process is really unacceptable to me, and it puts us out of place with the rest of the...