OECD’s Saint-Amans Talks Up Global Tax Deal Prospects
“Relax a bit,” Pascal Saint-Amans advised countries that may fear losing a lot of revenue under a new global approach being developed to tax cross-border business—especially digital business. The OECD...
11 Sep 201913min
How Apple’s Hometown Tax Deal Grew to $70 Million
Many states and cities offer tax breaks and other incentives to lure businesses and jobs—often raising questions about the actual benefit of the expensive measures. California communities have a uniqu...
29 Aug 201916min
Buffalo Wings and Opinions: Judge Holmes Talks Tax
U.S. Tax Court Judge Mark Holmes is one of those judges who can make a person glad to be reading a legal opinion. His judgments are often marked by wit, clarity, and pointed references to literature t...
22 Aug 201926min
Tax Extenders, Corrections on Capitol Hill’s Fall Menu
Some complicated tax issues face Congress when lawmakers return after Labor Day. Extenders—those expired or about-to-expire temporary tax breaks for specific groups—remain in play big-time in both Hou...
15 Aug 201917min
$100M Donation Case Opens Window on Donor-Advised Funds
The National Philanthropic Trust calls donor-advised funds the most popular method of charitable giving—nearly a half-million accounts hold $110 billion in assets. Now a court fight between a wealthy ...
8 Aug 201919min
Trump Could Dust Off Tax Rule for French Retaliation
Countries around the world are talking about taxing the revenue of giant digital-business companies. In July, France became the first European country to enact a digital services tax—immediately drawi...
1 Aug 201912min
Trust Tax Questions Remain After High Court Ruling
The Supreme Court in June threw out North Carolina’s taxation of a family trust’s income because the trust didn’t have enough of a connection to the state. The decision, in the case of the Kimberley R...
25 Jul 201914min
China Refuses US Audit Inspections. Why it matters
Effective auditing of companies' financial statements is important for investor confidence, but Chinese companies traded in the U.S. don't get U.S. oversight of their audits as other companies do. And...
18 Jul 201918min
