Growing U.S. Gig Workforce Exposes Outdated Tax System
American workers are cashing in on their side hustle, picking up small jobs through Task Rabbit, driving for Lyft, or selling jewelry on Etsy. But they owe taxes on that work. And many of these self-e...
30 Touko 201918min
Retailers Can’t Hide China Tariff Costs in Supply Chain
The retail industry is grappling with a new set of tariffs on about $200 billion of goods coming in from China. David French, senior vice president of government relations for the National Retail Fede...
23 Touko 201915min
Why India’s Digital Tax Is a Sign of the Times
As countries across the globe debate whether to tax digital transactions, companies and their tax planners need to be prepared for a shifting tax landscape and a more transparent marketplace. India...
16 Touko 201912min
How a Tax Perk Can Turn a Paper Mill Into a Fish Farm
Place-based tax incentives, like the opportunity zones program or new markets tax credit, have the potential to correct economic disparity between thriving cities and communities hungry for capital in...
9 Touko 201922min
The Evolution of the Audit Industry, and What’s Next
It is a shared responsibility, said Cindy Fornelli, executive director of the Center for Audit Quality—the advocacy group stood up in the years after the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The law regulated the...
2 Touko 201916min
Public Coordination Key to Opportunity Zones Success
Opportunity zone investors should focus on working with state and local governments if they want to make the most of a new capital gains tax break. The break, under tax code Section 1400Z, has attract...
26 Huhti 201913min
The Statute Behind Neal’s Request for Trump Tax Returns
When House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) asked for six years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns, he relied on a provision in the tax code. Tax code Section 6103 says th...
19 Huhti 20195min
Infrastructure Push in Congress Gets Mnuchin Boost
Improving the country’s infrastructure system is just one of the possible places where Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin could align with congressional Democrats. An infrastructure plan is a priority ...
18 Maalis 20198min
