Taxes

This article focuses on another tax governance obligation for large businesses in the UK; the requirement to publish their tax strategy. It is a follow-up to a previous article about Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) requirements. As well as businesses that fall within the SAO regime, it is a legal requirement for all qualifying groups, companies,

With only days to go until a potential government shutdown, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it would furlough 60,000 of its employees if the government shuts down on Sunday. This drastic move has worrying implications for both the IRS and taxpayers. Not only will the IRS face a crippling reduction in staff,

It looks as if a government shutdown is imminent—and federal agencies are taking steps to get ready, including the IRS. According to the Washington Post, the government started notifying federal workers on Thursday, Sept. 28, that a shutdown was likely. The Department of Treasury followed suit. I previously reported that Treasury’s Contingency Plan was noticeably

Two individuals have been charged with allegedly promoting and selling abusive trust tax shelters to clients across the country. The Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury in Denver returned an indictment charging Timothy McPhee of Estes Park, Colorado, and Larry Conner of Frisco, Texas, with conspiring to defraud the United States and

Remember that huge IRS backlog? It’s easy to think back and assume that the problems began with the pandemic, but they had started well before that. The last government shutdown started the IRS on its path to a massive paper logjam. Here’s a look at what happened. Could it happen again? 2018 Shutdown In 2018,