Talking Tax

Halliburton Co. is consulting with numerous external advisers to help understand the 2017 tax overhaul, especially provisions for which the IRS hasn’t issued final rules. The law cut Halliburton’s eff...

5 Des 201816min

Lawmakers have just a few weeks to pass a year-end tax package, amid a calendar shortened by observances honoring the late former president, George H.W. Bush. Bloomberg Tax’s Kaustuv Basu and Allyson ...

3 Des 20187min

Kate Kraus joins Andrea L. Ben-Yosef to talk about the partnership audit regulations. Kate recently joined Allen Matkins as a tax partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. There have been several ro...

27 Nov 201816min

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will retake the helm at the Senate Finance Committee next Congress, succeeding current Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who’s retiring. Under Grassley’s leadership—he led...

20 Nov 20188min

In the first episode of The Over/Under, Bloomberg Tax’s Ryan Prete explains the history of outlawed sports betting in America and the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent reversal of the ban. Prete sits down...

9 Nov 201812min

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data are terms that are in the news. Tax practitioners should be aware that the IRS is using these methods to mine for information, and that could impact whether and ho...

9 Nov 201816min

Congress will look very different when it gavels in next year with a new House Democratic Majority and an expanded Republican Senate. On this special post-election episode of “Suspending the Rules”—br...

7 Nov 201831min

Opportunity zones and opportunity funds were created by the 2017 tax act to encourage business investment in low-income communities. They have attracted a lot of interest because of the tax incentives...

29 Okt 201820min