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Taxpayer Advocate urges IRS to revamp its Future State plan

"National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson wants the INternal Revenue Service to take more of a "taxpayer-centric" approach in its Future State plan and for Congressto focus on tax simplification in its tax efforts."......(Click Title to Read More.)

What's new in tax for 2017

"The new year promises to be an challenging one for tax practitioners, as President-elect Trump and Congressional Republicans have promised to enact a significant tax reform package in 2017. However, even if there is no new law, practitioners still will have to cope with a number of tax changes that go into effect for the first time this year or apply for the first time for tax returns filed this year."

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Top regulatory issues for small businesses in 2017

"Even as someone who lives and breathes compliance and regulatory issues, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the many changes that happen each year. I understand why small business owners say they can’t keep up with the constant regulatory back and forth and how it impacts their business." (CLick Title to Read More.)

How to help your clients decide if it’s time to incorporate or form an LLC

"Among all the decisions and actions a small business may need to take, one of the more important is deciding whether to incorporate or form an LLC.

January is the most logical start date for a new LLC or corporation since it eases the paperwork burden. Your clients can start fresh in the new year with their new legal structure and don’t have to worry about reporting taxes as two different entities for the tax year."

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Most family businesses lack succession plans

"Only 23 percent of family businesses have a robust succession plan in place, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, with 46 percent of the family businesses polled saying they are reluctant to pass the business to the next generation."

FINANCIAL PLANNING

IRS warns of new email scam targeting tax pros

"The Internal Revenue Service, along with the state tax authorities and tax industry companies that are part of its Security Summit, issued a warning Wednesday to tax professionals to beware of a new two-stage email scam from cybercriminals who are posing as clients soliciting tax services."

Protect Your Clients; Protect Yourself

"No one entity can fight this crime alone. It takes all of us, working together."

Preventing tax-related ID theft

"As the owner of a small tax office business, I see tax-related identity theft among others often, but when it happened to my employees as well, I decided to expand the responsibilities of my business to become tax protectors as well as tax preparers."

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Why Republican tax reform could be a U.S. copporate bond bonanza

"The $8.55 trillion U.S. corporate bond market has bucked concerns over mounting company indebtedness and so far resisted fears about the knock-on effects of the potential unraveling of the 35-year-old bull-run in government debt."

Senate Democrats unveil bill requiring Trump to release tax returns

"Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation Wednesday requiring President-elect Donald Trump to release the three most recent years of his tax returns."

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