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BizTaxBuzz: U.S. Corporate Taxes Among World's Highest

January 12, 2011

We all know that the United States' global tax competitiveness has been slipping, but a new study reveals that on one metric -- total tax rate -- the U.S. is in the same league as Niger, Russia, Greece, and Yemen. U.S. Corporate Taxes — Yes, They Real ...

Top Dogs 2010: The Best-of-Breed Unleashed

January 07, 2011

Download a pdf version of this article. Companies may not be hiring actual humans as fast as the economic pundits would like, but they're definitely back in the market for software. IT analyst firm Forrester declared the 2008/2009 technology spending ...

7 Reasons Why Tax and Spreadsheets Don't Mix

January 06, 2011

Many CFOs and tax directors are proud of the Byzantine spreadsheet applications they've developed over the years to handle the tax provision. They shouldn't be. Relying on spreadsheets for this key tax process can land you in trouble. 7 Reasons Why Tax ...

BizTaxBuzz: 2010's Top 10 Tax Stories

December 21, 2010

Business Finance and the Big Fat Finance Blog."> In case you missed them, here's a glance back at this year's most clicked-on tax stories from Business Finance and the Big Fat Finance Blog. Top 10 Tax Stories, 2010 | Source: The Big Fat Finance Bl ...

BizTaxBuzz: The Top 10 Weirdest Tax Stories of 2010

December 15, 2010

Gold bullion exemptions, chicken-flock fraud schemes, exotic dancing, $100,000 belt buckles -- it's all here in this year's review of business tax weirdness. Top 10 Wacky Tax Stories, 2010 | Source: The Big Fat Finance Blog . ...

BizTaxBuzz: Hedge Fund Managers Win "Carried Interest" Tax Battle

December 10, 2010

The hedge fund and PE industries have had their way in Congress this week. The proposal to tax fund managers' "carried interest" earnings as ordinary income, so popular during the anti-Wall Street hysteria of Spring 2009, died with hardly a whimper in the ...

BizTaxBuzz: XBRL: The Integration Opportunity

December 08, 2010

No man is an island, said the poet -- and no organization should be, either. Here's how XBRL can help tax departments build better bridges. The XBRL/Tax Connection: No Man (or Organization) Is an Island | Source: The Big Fat Finance Blog . ...

BizTaxBuzz: Tax Vigilantes Hound U.K. Corporations

December 06, 2010

Though one stunt involved dressing up as large green beer bottles, anti-corporate protesters are no joke. They’ve brought one group of more than 30 retail operations to a screaming halt. Tax Vigilantes Hound UK Corporations — with Beer Bottles, of C ...

BizTaxBuzz: Hey, Tax Pros -- Time to Grab XBRL by the Horns

November 30, 2010

Just one more compliance headache? Far from it. Act now and you can score big benefits from adopting the global business information standard. What XBRL Means for Corporate Tax Departments | Source: The Big Fat Finance Blog . ...

When Collections Goes Global

November 17, 2010

Credit and collections management can be a challenging enough job in the context of U.S. business culture; when a company expands internationally, the challenges can seem overwhelming. Joe Prudente has been there, done that. He's VP of worldwide credit at ...