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CORPORATE AMERICA brought $664.9 billion of offshore profits back to the United States in 2018, short of the $4 trillion President Donald Trump said would return as a result of the 2017 tax overhaul. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/AL DRAGO

President’s offshore cash promise falters as $665B returns

NEW YORK - Corporate America brought $664.9 billion of offshore profits back to the United States last year, falling short of the $4 trillion...
THE AVERAGE federal tax refund average was about $3,008 for the week ending March 8, $4 more than the previous year. The IRS estimates it will ultimately issue about 2.3 percent fewer refunds this year as a result of changes to how much were withheld from paychecks. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO

Average tax refunds about $3K as filing season hits midpoint

NEW YORK - The IRS has sent out 3.3 percent fewer tax refunds so far this year, but the average refund size continues to...
THE IRS is looking to eliminate the remaining loopholes related to the state and local tax deduction cap. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

IRS Looks for Ways to Squelch N.Y., Connecticut SALT Workarounds

NEW YORK - The Internal Revenue Service is considering issuing rules that could invalidate some of the last remaining strategies in New York and...
ROUGHLY 10.9 MILLION people are losing out deductions for state and local taxes due to the $10,000 state and local taxes deduction cap included in the 2017 tax overhaul. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

SALT cap will leave nearly 10.9M people feeling tax pain

NEW YORK - About 10.9 million people are losing out on one of their most prized tax breaks - the deduction for state and...
THE NUMBER of tax refunds issued so far this year fell nearly 16 percent year over year to 11.4 million. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

Treasury Department says fewer refunds better for U.S. taxpayers

NEW YORK - The U.S. Treasury Department is defending the declining numbers of tax refunds being issued so far this year, saying that taxpayers already...
OWNERS OF SO-CALLED pass-through entities such as partnerships and limited liability companies have to file their businesses’ returns by March 15 - and still don’t have the final word from the Internal Revenue Service about who, exactly, qualifies for the 20 percent deduction on business income. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

Big tax break for business owners at risk as shutdown drags...

NEW YORK - The longest government shutdown in United States history could cause tens of thousands of businesses to make a tough choice about whether...
THE IRS WILL issue refunds to taxpayers even if the U.S. government shutdown extends into the filing season, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

IRS will pay refunds during government shutdown, official says

NEW YORK - The Internal Revenue Service will issue refunds to taxpayers even if the U.S. government shutdown extends into the filing season, a decision...
NONPROFITS, such as churches and colleges, will be given some leeway when calculating the cost of parking benefits and won’t face penalties this year if they were confused about how much they owed, according to guidance released by the IRS on Monday. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

IRS softens blow after tax law cut perks for nonprofit employees

NEW YORK - The Internal Revenue Service moved to soften the hit from a controversial provision in last year’s tax overhaul that imposes a tax...
IN A WIDE-RANGING PRESS CONFERENCE a day after the midterm election, President Donald Trump said he was open to raising corporate tax rates in order to deliver a tax cut to middle-class Americans. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

Trump says he’s open to raising tax to pay for middle-class...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said he’s open to raising some tax rates to help pay for a bigger tax break for middle-class Americans. “If...
ALL 25 Qualified Opportunity Zones nominated by Rhode Island to the U.S. Department of Treasury and the IRS were approved. Areas in purple were submitted to the federal program and received QOZ designation, while areas in green were eligible but not submitted. Rhode Island submitted the maximum number of designations allowed./ COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

IRS unveils proposed rules for tax law’s big capital gains break:...

NEW YORK - The Internal Revenue Service unveiled proposed regulations Friday for what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says could be a $100 billion investment opportunity...
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