Introduction to partnership tax -- The passthrough system -- Introduction to partnership accounting -- Partnership allocations : general rules -- Partnership allocations : nonrecourse deductions -- Partnership allocations : special anti-income shifting rules -- Sales of partnership interests --...

The passthrough system -- Introduction to partnership accounting -- Partnership allocations : general rules -- Partnership allocations : nonrecourse deductions -- Partnership allocations : special anti-income shifting rules -- Sales of partnership interests -- Property contributions and...

In July, 2011, the Budgetary Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress convened an international symposium on reform of China's Personal Income Tax (PIT) system. Currently about 30 years old, the Chinese PIT system very roughly resembles the U.S. PIT...

In early 1924, James Couzens was a Republican Senator from Michigan and reportedly the richest member of Congress. Andrew Mellon was beginning his fourth year as Secretary of the Treasury — a service that would eventually span 11 years under three Republican Administrations — and one of the...

Future increases to the top income tax rates for individuals and reductions to the corporate tax rate will invite the widespread use of C corporations as tax shelter vehicles, an old problem that has never been addressed successfully. The changes could even resurrect the need for the...

President Trump's continuing refusal to release his tax returns despite the contrary common practice of presidents over the last 40 years has spurred interest in finding alternative ways to obtain the information. This article describes the authority of the tax committees in Congress to obtain,...