July 05, 2010
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IRS fails government audit
Getting audited is such a hassle! Just ask the IRS. A new report from the Government Accountability Office inspected the tax agency’s financial statements from the 2009 fiscal year with the exacting thoroughness of, well, of an IRS auditor, and found a few billion-dollar errors. According to the report (PDF), the IRS made a variety […]
Read more- July 02, 2010
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Small Business Tax Bill With Bonus Depreciation?
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) June 29 unveiled wide-ranging legislation providing for roughly $12 billion in tax cuts aimed at small businesses, including a highly sought-after provision to extend bonus depreciation tax incentives through the end of 2010. The bonus depreciation provision would allow businesses to recover up to 50 percent of the […]
Read more- July 01, 2010
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Accounting Standards on Amendments Could be Updated
Norwalk, CT, June 29, 2010—The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued an Exposure Draft of a proposed Accounting Standards Update (Update) intended to develop common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). The proposed Update […]
Read more- June 30, 2010
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More Tax Increases Planned To Reduce The National Debt
WASHINGTON (AFP) – One of President Barack Obama’s top allies in the US Congress called Monday for military spending cuts and a possible tax increase once the economy has “fully recovered” from the 2008 global meltdown. “It’s time to stop talking about fiscal discipline and national security threats as if they’re separate topics: Debt is […]
Read more- June 16, 2010
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Capital gains tax in the United States
In the United States, individuals and corporations pay income tax on the net total of all their capital gains just as they do on other sorts of income. Capital gains are generally taxed at a preferential rate in comparison to ordinary income. This is intended to provide incentives for investors to make capital investments and […]
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