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IRS clarifies treatment of state and local tax refunds under SALT deduction cap

The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance Friday on how to deal with state and local tax refunds in the context of the $10,000 limit...

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Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate’s main tax-writing committees teamed up to reintroduce bipartisan legislation...

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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is joining in calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, an issue that’s taking hold among...

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Democrats are busy finding new ways to tax the rich. The most straightforward way to do that — an annual tax on household wealth — is an...

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The concept of Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) is by no means new. It has been around for almost 50 years and has been used by many commercial...

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Among the difficult subjects for FP&A and management, there is the very “sensitive” relation between budget or forecast and managers...

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Spreadsheets are a great tool to build and maintain ad-hoc calculations, quickly draft a business plan and create good-looking reports....

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While FP&A professionals work in a field of numbers, language is a critical component of our profession. Far too often there is loose use...

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Forward Integrated Financial Planning (IFP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) mean different things to different people. Primarily...

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Beyond Budgeting has now been around for twenty years. More and more companies across the world are embarking on a Beyond Budgeting...