This Week's Features
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter has introduced a bill that would close some tax loopholes, including Reverse Morris Trusts. These transactions allow companies to dispose of unwanted assets while avoiding taxes on any gains from the assets. Business Finance
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The RATE (Reducing America's Taxes Equitably) Coalition is fighting for "sound and equitable reforms to the U.S. corporate tax code" to make the United States more competitive. Business Finance
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Across the U.S., there were 97 increases in state sales and use taxes, 96 new taxes and nine decreases in the third quarter of the year, according to a new report. Accounting Today
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Though shared services has become a widespread business strategy, executives can still leverage a competitive advantage by looking beyond the obvious. According to an exclusive feature from Deloitte, tax and internal control represent two areas ripe for shared services potential. Business Finance
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More than 40 trade and professional associations recently wrote the chairs of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate's Committee on Finance, asking that the legislators charged with reforming the tax code bear in mind three important principles. Business Finance
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The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the nation's 738,000 tax return preparers who have Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs) can now renew their PTINs for the 2012 filing season. IRS
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Paul Weinstein and Ed Lorenzen, senior advisers on the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, examine the ever changing tax code. The Atlantic
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Webinar
Finance departments continue to be undermined by many of the same problems: budgets are not aligned with strategy, financial reporting processes are slow and complex, and key business information is not available quickly enough to decision-makers. In this Nov. 3 webcast, you will learn how companies can quickly expand beyond historic data gathering and traditional analysis to incorporate a more thorough understanding of what factors truly drive performance.
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More than ever, finance organizations need new tools and disciplines that will transform their forecasting process into a dynamic, reliable system that helps identify performance gaps with enough lead time to assess alternatives quickly, and enables effective decision-making. On Oct. 26 join The Hackett Group and IBM industry experts to learn what leaders are doing to improve forecasting, how to overcome barriers to change, and how to automate and sustain a renewed forecasting process. Don't miss this webinar if you aim to anticipate and shape business outcomes more effectively.
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