Anyone who has run a business of any size understands how confusing and, at times, complex the tax code can seem. So deferred tax assets (DTAs) can be challenging. However, understanding them is ...

A tax-deferred account offers a tax-advantaged way to save for retirement. Although finding space in your budget to tuck funds away for the future is often challenging, the tax benefits might offer ...

Our Federal Tax Group discusses the tax treatment of deferred revenue or advance payments in M&A transactions. The tax treatment of deferred revenue differs from the treatment for financial accounting ...

Taxes become deferred when a company's financial accounting methods are different than the acceptable tax accounting methods. This creates a discrepancy between the general ledger and the amounts ...

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The Trump administration has unleashed a barrage of executive orders, policy initiatives and federal workforce layoffs. One thread that explains at least some of the administration’s actions is its ...

The Opportunity Zone Program included in the federal tax-reform law passed last year is designed to spur investment in low-income areas. Done properly, investments in designated areas, known as ...

A deferred sales trust (DST) is an advanced tax strategy that allows investors to delay capital gains taxes on the sale of assets that have significantly risen in value, such as real estate or ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has asked acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller to delay collecting deferred taxes from troops. (Charlie Neibergall/AP) Defense officials should delay collecting deferred ...