At a time when Republicans and Democrats can't seem to come to terms on anything, most politicians are in agreement on one thing: the corporate tax code should be simplified. We reported here several ...

Nothing demonstrates the frustrating complexity and inefficiency of the United States government more than filing your taxes. The tax code is 6,800 pages (and counting), and is nearly impossible for ...

You can say what you want about Elon Musk, but he is able to pinpoint in a single tweet some of the most dysfunctional aspects of our federal government. For instance, he recently noted that ...

Tax day is upon us, and millions of Americans are scrambling to finish their returns on time by navigating one of the most illogical, unfair, and confusing tax systems in the world—the federal tax ...

The Tax Code at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Even though the One Big Beautiful Bill Act made substantial changes in the Tax Code, one area where that may not ...

According to industry reports, there are more than 130,000 tax preparation businesses with nearly 300,000 employees in the United States. For the sake of comparison, that’s roughly the amount of every ...

Announcing a push for comprehensive tax reform on Wednesday, President Trump railed against the tax code’s complexity. Ninety percent of taxpayers, Trump said, need help to file their taxes. This ...

The lawmakers explained it was the tax code’s complexity that had them turning to accountants for help. {mosads}“It’s so darn complicated, and I didn’t want to miss something,” said Sen. John Thune (R ...

Doing a tax return, like a near-death experience, focuses the mind. It tends to leave one contemplating the meaning of things, though not necessarily the deeper aspects of life. More likely, taxpayers ...

Complexity and inconsistency within the tax code continue to be a major problem for small businesses, with one out of four small businesses reporting that they need to spend 120 hours or more per year ...

If you're a procrastinator, you'd better not wait until the last day to start your tax return this year because you might not finish even if you work all day and night. The Internal Revenue Service ...

Well, it turns out that I knew even less about federal income taxes than I thought I did. In my recent column lamenting the extra complexity added to the tax code by the "fiscal cliff" avoidance ...