Backlogs, Job Holes Plague IRS in Tax Season After DOGE Cuts

The IRS is undertaking its first full filing season since DOGE slashed a quarter of the agency’s 100,000-person staff. IRS employees have challenges: a backlog of returns, a shortage of employees, and HR and IT workers processing returns.

Data Center Backlash Forces States to Rethink Generous Tax Break

Data center projects are increasingly bumping up against homeowners wary of their impact. Those grievances have inspired once supportive state lawmakers—facing tighter budgets and higher cost of living for their constituents—to target the sales tax exemptions.

Tax Filing Season Is Underway: Here's How It's Going So Far

States Still Decoupling From GOP Tax Law Deep Into Filing Season

Tariff Refunds Would Threaten Tax, Transfer Pricing Headaches

DOJ Tax Attorneys Focus on Immigration, Nonprofits After Shakeup

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Better Governance Helps Families Defy the Three‑Generation Curse

A concise look at how governance, transparency, and structured decision‑making enable family enterprises to endure beyond three generations.

EU Courts Reshape Transfer Pricing’s Impact on Indirect Taxes

CJEU rulings have clarified transfer pricing’s impact on VAT and customs, prompting corporate reassessment.

Global Tax Shifts Turn Transfer Pricing Into a Pivotal Strategy

Businesses that invest early in an integrated tax‑and‑transfer-pricing strategy will be best positioned to navigate whatever form the global minimum tax ultimately takes.

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IRS Issued PLR Granting Foreign Entity Extension to File Form 8832 for Corporate Classification Election

The IRS has issued a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §7701 and Treas. Reg. §301.9100 granting a foreign entity 120 days to file Form 8832 to elect classification as an ...

IRS Issues PLR Granting Extension Granted for Tax-Exempt Controlled Entity Election

The IRS has issued a private letter ruling on I.R.C. §168 and Treas. Reg. §301.9100 granting taxpayer a 60-day extension to file an election not to be treated as a ...

IRS Issues PLR Granting Extension for Form 1128 Filing to Adopt 52-53 Week Fiscal Year

The IRS has issued a private letter ruling on Treas. Regs. §§301.9100 and I.R.C. §§441 and 442 granting taxpayer extension of time to file Form 1128 to adopt a 52-53 ...

IRS Shakeup: How Is the US Tax Agency Adapting to Trump's Vision?

Since President Donald Trump took office, the IRS has faced transformative changes, including a substantial reduction in its workforce and the appointment of seven different commissioners or acting commissioners.

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Moldova, Slovakia Sign SSA

The Moldovan National Social Insurance House March 26 announced the same date signing of a social security agreement (SSA) with Slovakia. [Moldova, National Social Insurance House, 03/26/26]

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