In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Martin A. Sullivan of Tax Notes and Tynisa Gaines, an enrolled agent, discuss the tax provisions of the new coronavirus relief package and its impact on the economy and the tax community. David Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: tax
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Economists hate cliffs. Not, not the Thelma and Louise kind, but the idea that tax subsidies and other government supports end abruptly. Their fear: If by making an extra dollar of income you lose thousands in tax cuts or other benefits, you will do whatever you can to avoid making that extra dollar, including working
What do baseball and tax season have in common? Both return in March and errors can be painful. The potential for confusion and mistakes on tax returns looms especially large when you have shares acquired from an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), whose basic taxation is already confusing enough. ESPP reporting even confuses experienced accountants, financial
After passing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, Congress is beginning to move on enacting the rest of his “Build Back Better” recovery agenda. This next bill presents a unique opportunity to finally fund long-neglected public investments in infrastructure and scientific research that lay the foundation for robust economic growth. But at a time
An unresolved issue in the OECD’s base erosion and profit-shifting 2.0 reform project is when and how countries will remove their unilateral digital tax measures once a solution is brokered. The OECD has made it clear that inclusive framework members are expected to revoke unilateral measures and refrain from introducing new ones when that time comes. Yet after