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  • New York State and New York City Business Allocation: What Has Changed, and What Has Not

    By:
    Brian Gordon, CPA
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    Nov 1, 2015
    In the past few years, there have been vast changes to the landscape of corporate allocation in the world of state and local taxes.  

  • Maintaining Beneficial Tax Treatment of Employer Stock After Job Loss

    By:
    Daniel Mazzola, CPA, CFA
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    Nov 1, 2015
    A combination of low interest rates, abundance of cash in company coffers, and a need for growth has led to an explosion of corporate mergers and acquisitions this year.  

  • Newsmaker: Diana Leyden, New York City’s First Taxpayer Advocate

    By:
    Chris Gaetano, Trusted Professional Staff
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    Nov 1, 2015
    In July, Diana Leyden became New York City’s first-ever Taxpayer Advocate, a new office within the city’s Department of Finance from which she will help taxpayers navigate the city’s tax code, while also working to address systemic issues that impede taxpayer compliance. 

  • Abandoned Property: The Silent Liability

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    Joseph Endres
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    Nov 1, 2015
    Winter is right around the corner. For businesses holding abandoned property on their books (and virtually every operating entity holds abandoned property, whether it knows it or not), that means it’s time to start preparing the annual abandoned property return.  

  • A Letter from the Comptroller of The City of New York, Scott M. Stringer

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    Scott Stringer
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    Oct 1, 2015

    I am pleased to join with you in saluting the fifth anniversary of this respected publication. As the Comptroller of The City of New York, my chief goal is to ensure that every tax dollar is used in a fiscally prudent manner--and to hold city agencies accountable for those funds.

  • Deconstructing Maryland v. Wynne: A Big-Time Development in the State Tax Area

    By:
    Timothy P. Noonan, CPA and Ariele R. Doolittle, Esq.
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    Oct 1, 2015
    It was a big year for the U.S. Supreme Court, which issued decisions on hot-button social issues and Obamacare.  But for us tax folks, no case was of more importance than the Court’s May 2015 decision in Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne, which struck down an aspect of Maryland’s personal income tax scheme related to resident credits. 

  • Governments’ Accountability for Tax Revenue

    By:
    Michele Mark Levine, CPA
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    Oct 1, 2015
    While not the usual venue, there is perhaps no more logical a place to discuss government financial reporting than in a tax publication.  What is at the very core of taxation, if not the exchange of resources for the benefits of civil society?

  • SCOTUS: Same Sex Marriage for All

    By:
    Jane Bernardini, CPA, PFS
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    Oct 1, 2015
    Throughout my long career as a public accountant, I have never experienced and observed changes in tax laws and federal benefits as sudden as those related to same-sex marriage.  

  • Revised Tax Return Due Dates

    By:
    Stewart Berger, CPA
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    Oct 1, 2015

    The Highway Trust Fund Extension Act of 2015, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Obama on July 31, 2015, revised the filing of tax returns for calendar and fiscal year taxpayers for years beginning after December 31, 2015, resulting in a major restructuring of entity return due dates.

  • 5 Years of TaxStringer Stats

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    Sep 30, 2015

    Thank you, our readers, for your ongoing interest in the TaxStringer and contributing to its five years of success. 
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Tax News


IRS Provides Tax Inflation Adjustments for Tax Year 2024,Internal Revenue Service

IRS Extends Popular Flexibilities Set to Expire; Electronic Signatures and Encrypted Email Enhance the Taxpayer Experience, Internal Revenue Service

IRS Announces Withdrawal Process for Employee Retention Credit Claims; Special Initiative Aimed at Helping Businesses Concerned About an Ineligible Claim Amid Aggressive Marketing, Scams, Internal Revenue Service

IRS Launches New Initiatives Using Inflation Reduction Act Funding to Ensure Large Corporations Pay Taxes Owed; Continues to Improve Service and Modernize Technology with Launch of Business Tax Account, Internal Revenue Service

IRS 2024 PTIN Renewal Period Underway for Tax Professionals, Internal Revenue Service


IRS Advances Innovative Direct File Project for 2024 Tax Season; Free IRS-Run Pilot Option Projected to be Available for Eligible Taxpayers in 13 States,Internal Revenue Service

Tax Change Affecting R&D Deductions Poses Danger to Some Smaller Businesses, The Trusted Professional

IRS Launches Business Tax Accounts and Enhances Tax Pro Accounts, The Trusted Professional

IRS Announces New Inflation Adjustments for 2023, The Trusted Professional

Yellen: U.S. Can't Sign Global Tax Treaty in Time to Prevent Levies from Other Countries, The Trusted Professional

TIGTA: Most of IRS’s Initial Inflation Reduction Act Spending Went to Taxpayer Services, The Trusted Professional

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