Taxes

The past two months have made clear that President Biden’s approach to making higher education more affordable isn’t working. First, bipartisan majorities of both the U.S. House and Senate voted to block his debt cancellation policies. Then, shortly after Biden thwarted that effort with his veto pen, the Supreme Court ruled that his attempt to

Establishing a streamlined transfer pricing approach for baseline distribution — originally seen as the least controversial aspect of the OECD-brokered two-pillar global tax reform — has hit a roadblock that will be difficult to resolve. First proposed in a 2019 OECD consultation document, a project awkwardly dubbed amount B was announced as a kind of

A pandemic-related tax credit continues to be in the news—and the focus of IRS scrutiny. The Employee Retention Credit—or ERC—is a refundable tax credit for businesses intended to provide relief for companies that kept employees on the payroll during Covid-19. Unfortunately, it has also become a magnet for fraud. ERC Relief Here’s how the ERC

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the European Union (EU) economy, driving innovation, employment, and economic growth. These enterprises form the backbone of the EU’s business landscape, comprising 99% of all businesses in the region and accounting for more than half of Europe’s GDP. SMEs employ around 100 million people across

Patrick Urda of the United States Tax Court dives into the technicalities of charitable contributions of property in Janet R. Braen et.al. It is about deduction for a bargain sale of land to a municipal government. As is usual, the story behind the story is probably more interesting than the tax issues. Several dockets are