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Michael Cohn
November 16, 2020 2:19 PM

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has been initiating fewer investigations of abusive tax return preparers this past year, while also recommending fewer prosecutions, and seeing fewer indictments and prison sentences this year.

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Alyssa Place
November 16, 2020 10:00 AM

Seventy percent of Black Americans do not receive mental health treatment. To combat stressors unique to this workplace population, employers must address discrepancies in their employee benefits.

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By Noah Buhayar and Lydia O'Neal
November 16, 2020 9:49 AM

President Donald Trump spent months on the campaign trail taking credit for “opportunity zones,” a policy meant to encourage investment in distressed communities across the U.S. Joe Biden’s team sees potential in the idea, too.

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Michael Cohn
November 13, 2020 5:25 PM

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is giving state and local governments extra time to implement its new leases standard because of the coronavirus pandemic, and they will need it.

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November 13, 2020 3:32 PM

The Federal Housing Administration said in its annual actuarial report that the capital reserve ratio on its mutual mortgage insurance fund increased to 6.10% in fiscal year 2020, up from 4.84% a year earlier.

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Michael Cohn
November 11, 2020 2:38 PM

The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.

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Michael Cohn
November 9, 2020 5:34 PM

The service is rolling out new systems and expanding forms that can be electronically filed by tax-exempt organizations.

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Alyssa Place
November 9, 2020 1:39 PM

With the presidential election now decided, managers can model empathy and boundary setting to get employees back on track and refocused at work.

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By Laura Davison and Ben Steverman
November 8, 2020 7:44 AM

The president-elect's pledge to repeal President Donald Trump‘s tax cuts as soon as he is inaugurated may be stymied for the foreseeable future.

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Michael Cohn
November 6, 2020 2:04 PM

Eighty percent of the business leaders surveyed by BDO in the Americas said the focus of tax legislation changes constantly as the result of the elected party and/or it is difficult to predict.

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