Republicans Call for Harsher Data Leak Penalties; IRS Tightens Security
publican lawmakers, led by House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (MO), have introduced legislation that would increase penalties …
Maureen Leddy
Maureen Leddy covers Congress for Thomson Reuters with a focus on tax legislation.
Maureen previously worked at Trial magazine as a legal editor and at Bloomberg Law as a research analyst.
She can be reached at maureen.leddy@thomsonreuters.com.
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Experts Discuss Impacts of TCJA Expirations on S-Corps, Path Forward
Hill staff and tax practitioners considered how allowing Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA; PL 115-97) provisions to expire would impact …
No Tax Hikes for Middle Class, Says Yellen
Despite Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA; PL 115-97) provisions that are set to expire, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the House …
Corporate Transparency Act Case Wrongly Decided, Say Lawmakers
Five lawmakers have submitted an amicus brief arguing that an Alabama federal district court wrongly found the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) — …
House Republicans Ask IRS to Look Into Tax-Exempt Orgs
House Ways and Means Committee Republicans have asked the IRS for information on its practices and procedures regarding tax-exempt organizations, …
House Republicans Form Tax Teams to Address 2025 Cliff
Newly formed Republican “tax teams” will study expiring Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA, PL 115-97) tax cuts, said House Ways and Means …
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Grim Outlook Predicted for Accounting Firms for Next Four Years—With Hope
The next four years will be much harder for accounting firms than the past four, and many are going to …
SEC Poised to Adopt Tougher Rules for SPACs
Almost two years after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a sweeping set of reforms to rein in what …
FASB Unanimously Votes to Finalize Proposed Disclosure Rules on Income Taxes
The FASB on Aug. 30, 2023, unanimously voted to finalize proposed disclosure rules on income taxes, touting the benefits to …