Wall Street Bonus Pool Jumps to a Record $49.2 Billion for 2025
Average Wall Street bonuses jumped to a record last year, with the total pool for payouts rising to $49.2 billion as profits and revenues soared.
New York Democrats are pitching a new tax on crypto mining facilities that lawmakers say are driving up energy costs in New York.
The South Carolina Supreme Court’s ruling upholding
Georgia taxpayers will be treated to a 60-day gasoline tax holiday as energy prices continue to spike, under legislation Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed into law Friday.
A whistleblower is urging federal authorities to investigate a tax shelter that allegedly allows wealthy Americans to claim large charitable tax deductions after donating digital technology to small 501(c)(3) organizations. The company promoting the strategy told the Senate Finance Committee it’s done nothing wrong.
A proposal by New York lawmakers to raise taxes on startup investment gains is setting off a fight with the tech industry, which says the move would drive venture capital out of the state.

The Louisiana Attorney General (AG) issued an opinion determining that a disabled veteran who co-owns and occupies their primary residence with a spouse under a community property regime is entitled ...
The Washington Governor signed a law which would allow businesses and state agencies to round in-person cash transactions to the nearest five-cent increment, eliminating the need for pennies while maintaining ...
The Washington Governor signed a law that includes authorizing port districts that have established a tax increment financing area to contract indebtedness or borrow money for district purposes and issue ...
Average Wall Street bonuses jumped to a record last year, with the total pool for payouts rising to $49.2 billion as profits and revenues soared.
Tax shelter promoters, unlike tax preparers, aren’t named on their customers’ tax returns. And whether the tax-cutting strategy they recommend is allowable can be an open question until the IRS weighs in, which can take years, even when the agency is at full strength. Today, headcount at the IRS is down roughly 25% since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
The Big Four accounting and consulting firms are looking to stay competitive as artificial intelligence shakes up their industry by pivoting to focus on multi-year contracts meant to reinvent and run corporate back-office suites.
California would arm tax enforcement agencies with broader authorities to curb tax evasion happening through the “Montana Loophole,” under a bill proposed by the chair of the state Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee.
An engineering design firm co-founder’s $5 million gain from his sale of stock in the company doesn’t qualify for special California income tax treatment, a state tax agency told an appeals court.
New Hampshire collected more than $100 million, largely from businesses, under its recent tax forgiveness program, outstripping initial expectations for the 11-week amnesty.
There’s bipartisan support for tax administration changes in Congress—but there’s a difference in strategy about how to make them law.
Wall Street is cutting its forecasts for the US economy this year, boosting its projections for inflation and unemployment and nudging up the odds of a recession as the impact of the Iran war starts to come into view.
A law firm convinced the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive its case arguing that a new roof doesn’t count as an “addition” that would remove the cap on property tax increases.
Georgia wants to lower income taxes. Some of the world’s biggest companies are standing in the way.
George Hines, the founder of a chain of music stores, invested in private credit funds for the juicy yields.
For the first time, aging law firm owners have a succession option that doesn’t require internal buyers, competitor sales, or wind-downs: Management Services Organizations, or MSOs.
Federal Reserve Chair nominee
Susman Godfrey wants to see law students’ full first-year transcripts before hiring summer associates, bucking the trend among top firms vying to land candidates early.
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is tightening rules for token issuers and providers of liquidity on the platform following
Get the latest legal, regulatory, and enforcement news and analysis, as well as in-depth business and industry covering in the following areas: