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KPMG aims to become a law firm too

KPMG US set up a subsidiary that has filed an application in Arizona to establish a law firm in the state, with hopes of going national. The subsidiary of the New York-based Big Four firm, known as KPMG Law US, filed an application with the Arizona Supreme Court to establish

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IRS to test faster dispute resolution

Easing restrictions, sharpening personal attention and clarifying denials are among the aims of three pilot programs at the Internal Revenue Service that will test changes to existing alternative dispute resolution programs.  The programs focus on “fast track settlement,” which allows IRS Appeals to mediate disputes between a taxpayer and the IRS

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IRS revises guidance on residential clean energy credits

The Internal Revenue Service has updated and added new guidance for taxpayers claiming the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit and the Residential Clean Energy Property Credit. The updated Fact Sheet 2025-01 includes a set of frequently asked questions and answers, superseding the fact sheet from last April. The IRS noted

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Blessed is the weed

Not so Fussy; that’s a wrap; at sea, in the air and on the road; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Rochester, New York: Business owner Scott Reeves, of Victor, New York, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Reeves owns Fussy Contracting Inc., a.k.a. Mr. Fussy, a roofing business

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By the numbers: Growth in CAS, IRS Criminal Investigation

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. This week’s stats focus on revenue growth for CAS practices, the best and worst states for corporate taxes, statistics from IRS Criminal Investigation for 2024, how the IRS has handled its Inflation Reduction Act spending through June

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In the blogs: Buzzing sounds

Flat tax; doubts about “automatic” IRS calculations; when to shred; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Buzzing sounds Tax Foundation (https://taxfoundation.org/blog): From July 2021 to September 2022, five states enacted laws to transform graduated-rate income taxes into single-rate tax structures. Where things stand with the states’ flat tax

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The SEC should reject the PCAOB’s firm reporting mandates

High-quality, independent audits are essential to investor protection and companies’ efforts to access capital, and they are not possible without firm and fair regulatory oversight. At the American Institute of CPAs, the leading member organization for accounting professionals in the United States, we support tough, transparent and focused regulation if

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New regs put some partnership transactions under spotlight

Final regulations now identify certain partnership related-party “basis shifting” transactions as “transactions of interest” subject to the rules for reportable transactions. The final regs apply to related partners and partnerships that participated in the identified transactions through distributions of partnership property or the transfer of an interest in the partnership by

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Rules and guidance proposed on commercial clean vehicles, clean fuels

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed new rules for the tax credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles, along with guidance on claiming tax credits for clean fuel under the Inflation Reduction Act. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles (under Section

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Regs proposed on 401(k) enrollment, Roth IRA catchup

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations Friday for several provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act, including ones related to automatic enrollment in 401(k) and 403(b) plans, and the Roth IRA catchup rule. SECURE 2.0 Act passed at the end of 2022 and contained an extensive

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