There is a big difference between managing direct taxes, such as corporate tax, and indirect taxes, such as sales tax and value added tax (VAT). While for corporate taxes, it is irrelevant where the customer is located or the goods are shipped to, for indirect taxes, every transaction detail matters and is crucial to determining
Taxes
Trader tax status (TTS) is the ticket to tax savings. If you qualify, you can claim some tax breaks, such as business expenses, after the fact and elect and set up other tax breaks — like Section 475 MTM accounting (tax loss insurance) and health insurance and retirement plan deductions through an S-Corp— on a
There has recently been a fair amount of activity in the world of Section 179D – an important tax incentive for energy efficient building design. As background, in 2005, Congress enacted Section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code, – the energy efficient commercial building deduction – in an effort to impact the country’s largest consumer
Many taxpayers got their first glimpse of President Biden’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday as Daniel Werfel appeared before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing. Others, however, may have experienced deja vu—Werfel served as the interim IRS Commissioner for several months in 2013 after Steven T. Miller resigned under
Paying for college is a big topic of conversation in my house. That’s to be expected, as I have three kids. But the best way to pay—and what happens when things don’t go as planned—is something that we can never seem to nail down. As parents like me struggle to figure it out, lawmakers have