Interstate Taxation/Mobile Workforce Bill
Article:
The AICPA is supporting legislation that would reduce the tax burden and compliance requirements related to nonresident state income tax withholding laws
Published on March 19, 2013
Mobile Workforce Overview
Overview:
This page discusses the Mobile Workforce legislation and issues involved.
Published on May 21, 2013
AICPA-Backed Mobile Workforce Bill Introduced in House
Newsletter:
The CPA Advocate: March 27, 2013. Businesses and their employees would get relief from the burden of complying with inconsistent nonresident state income tax withholding laws in 41 states under the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013
Published on March 27, 2013
AICPA Suggests Solutions for Tax Identity Theft and Tax Fraud at Senate Finance Committee Hearing Reports on Difficult T...
Newsletter:
The CPA Advocate: April, 2013. The AICPA testified before the Senate Finance Committee about tax identity theft, tax fraud and tax reform on April 16, 2013.
Published on April 29, 2013
Sample Client Letter for Surviving Spouses Needing to File Estate Tax Return to Elect Portability
Practice Aid:
...clients who are surviving spouses of individuals who died in 2011 or 2012. It discusses the portability of the estate tax exemption, a recent provision in the law that may save the family from paying significant gift and estate taxes in the
Published on March 09, 2012
Using Family Partnerships and Refuting IRS Challenges
Article:
This is an article highlighting the AICPA's position concerning the legitimate use of family partnerships. In particular, the AICPA takes exception with the IRS's refusal to recognize for transfer tax purposes the validity of many family partnership's under examination
Published on September 19, 2012
AICPA Sends Tax Reform Recommendations to House Ways & Means Committee
Newsletter:
...reform to five of the House Ways & Means Committee’s working groups charged with examining how specific areas of the tax law could be reformed. The recommendations cover provisions regarding small businesses and passthrough entities, education and family
Published on April 29, 2013
AICPA Supports New Law with Groundbreaking XBRL Reporting Requirement
Newsletter:
The CPA Advocate: October, 2011. For the first time, a law signed Sept. 30 will require states to report to a federal agency how they spend federal dollars using nonproprietary standards such as XBRL
Published on October 12, 2011
XBRL
Article:
Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) used in financial and other reporting allows for easier access to more transparent information. AICPA supports legislative proposals to utilize XBRL by companies, Federal agencies and recipients of Federal funds.
Published on February 06, 2013
State CPA Societies Help Move AICPA-Backed Mobile Workforce Bill through House Committee
Newsletter:
State CPA societies with members of Congress serving on the House Judiciary Committee added their voices to the AICPA’s and helped win the committee’s approval of a bill that would set a uniform national standard for non-resident state income tax withholding.
Published on February 01, 2012
Congress Looks to XBRL Reporting Requirements to Track Federal Spending
Newsletter:
Congress is beginning to view XBRL as a way to track federal spending and to improve transparency.
Published on June 14, 2012
A Quick Look at 2011 Tax Advocacy Success
Article:
A quick overview of the AICPA's many tax advocacy successes over the last year, including 1099 legislation, preparer registration regulations, and several narrower technical victories that simplified compliance.
Published on April 16, 2013
Economic Issues Top Congressional Agenda CPA Issues in Mix
Newsletter:
The CPA Advocate: September, 2011. The Congressional agenda for the remainder of 2011 include issues supported by the AICPA.
Published on October 07, 2011
Not Giving Up on Simplification
Newsletter:
Annette Nellen, chair of the AICPA Individual Tax Technical Resource Panel, compares the AICPA's principles for tax simplification to the solutions for complixity offered by IRS Commissioner Shulman and finds common ground.
Published on February 01, 2012
AICPA Urges Congress to Make S Corporation Reforms
Comment Letter:
AICPA provides written testimony before Congress in support of the Subchapter S Modernization Act of 2003.
Published on September 28, 2012