Reasons underlying calls for federal tax reform - here
Federal Tax Reform and Strategy
Tax Reform Information (website with background information on major federal tax reforms, links to legislation and state tax commission reports and links to relevant policy reports)
Wyden/Gregg Plan - 2/24/10 post
Strategy for Major Tax Reform, AICPA Tax Insider, 11/8/07
Can the President's Deficit Commission's Proposals Lead to Corporate Tax Reform?," AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 1/27/11
2010 — Setting the Stage for a New Tax Era, AICPA Tax Insider, 12/9/10
Tax Considerations in Deficit Reform, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 12/9/10
Lessons Learned from the Tax Reform Act of 1986, AICPA Tax Insider, 10/14/10
Make Room on the Shelf — One More Tax Reform Report, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 9/23/10
1099s - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 11/11/10
Hope versus Opportunity: Higher Education Tax Incentives, AICPA Tax Insider, 7/15/10
Self-Employment Tax Policy Considerations, AICPA Tax Insider, 6/17/10
VAT Mania, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 4/29/10
Demand a Simpler Income Tax, The Press Enterprise, 4/14/10
Data-Driven Corporate Tax Reform Perspectives, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 3/25/10
Proposed Tax Changes for Businesses, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 2/25/10
Transparency and the FY2011 Budget, AICPA Tax Insider, 2/11/2010
S Corporations, Complexity and the Tax Gap, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 1/28/2010
Overlooking Tax Policy: A Decade in Review, AICPA Tax Insider, 1/14/2010
Goodbye State Tax Deduction, AICPA Tax Insider, 5/8/08
Groundwork for Modernizing International Tax Rules in the US, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 11/13/08
Remembering Forgotten Tax Issues, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 1/29/09
Is It Time to Increase the Capital Loss Limitation? AICPA Tax Insider, 2/12/09
The International Tax Reform Agenda, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 4/23/09
A Laundry List of Revenue Options, AICPA Tax Insider, 9/10/09
The Future of the Corporate Income Tax, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 10/25/07
President Obama's Tax Reform Task Force chaired by Paul Volcker:
Tax Analyst's collection of 32 commissioned essays with suggestions for the task force (9/09) - Towards Tax Reform
Strive for a Sound and Respected Tax System - an essay by Annette Nellen
Simplicity and transparency versus the dread AMT, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, 12/7/07
Penalty Reform, AICPA Tax Insider, 11/12/09
The Competent Tax-return Preparer, AICPA Tax Insider, 3/10/11 (an IRS link in this article has been removed from the IRS, you can find the original material here)
Yet More Paid Return Preparer Categories! AICPA Tax Insider, 1/13/11
How Heavy is an IRS FAQ? AICPA Tax Insider, 11/11/10
Registered Tax Return Preparers: Beware of New Jargon and Compliance Obligations, AICPA Tax Insider, 9/9/10
The Many Sizes of "Small", AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 10/28/10
Worker Classification - Is Congress Ready to Take Action? AICPA Tax Insider, 12/13/07
Renewed Focus on Worker Classification, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 8/26/10
Reference materials and links - here
Property Transactions of Individuals Can Contribute to the Tax Gap, AICPA Tax Insider, 9/13/07
Closing the Tax Gap, AICPA Tax Insider, 8/14/08
Rental Real Estate Issues, AICPA Tax Insider, 1/15/09
Complexity and the Tax Gap - We Can't Just Blame Cheaters for the Gap, blog 1/16/09
Interesting Reports of 2009, AICPA Tax Insider, 12/10/09
Rethinking IRAs, AICPA Tax Insider, 7/17/08
401(k) Concerns and Ideas, AICPA Tax Insider, 11/13/08
Health Care and the Tax System
Pot of Gold in the Employer-Provided Healthcare Exclusion, AICPA Tax Insider, 6/12/08 (the benefits of and need to link health care and tax reforms)
Tough Tax Questions for Presidential Candidates, The AICPA Tax Insider, 2/14/08
Know New Taxes (a look at environmental taxes), SF Chronicle, 9/19/07
Warming up to a Carbon Tax, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 11/29/07
Policy Considerations of a Carbon Tax, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 12/11/07
Taxes and Sustainability, Journal of Green Building, Fall 2007
Green Taxation, AICPA Tax Insider, 9/11/08
Conflicting Goals - Global Warming and Standard Mileage Rate, blog 11/26/08
The Greening of the Work of Tax Advisers, AICPA Tax Insider, 5/14/09
Tax Aspects of Greenhouse Gas Legislation, AICPA Tax Insider, 8/13/09
E-Commerce Taxation - Guide to Understanding the Current Discussion & Debate + Links (website)
E-Commerce Taxation - update presentation of 8/15/08
Internet Era Questions for Individual Clients, AICPA Tax Insider, 1/10/08
Overview to federal and state e-commerce tax issues presentation outline 11/3/06
Let's say goodbye to the Internet tax moratorium Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, 8/10/07 and Portland Business Journal, 8/17/07
Guide (7/03), 81 pages
Chapter from the Internet Encyclopedia, 2004, 11 pages
Tax Déjà Vu, AICPA Tax Insider, 10/9/08
Our Neglected Federal Research Credit, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 9/25/08
The Research Credit - The Saga Continues, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 6/26/09
New Disclosure Rules and Procedures Effective January 2009, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 12/11/08
NOL Carryovers: Loophole or Legit? AICPA Tax Insider, 12/11/08
The Continuation of Yearly Stimulus Legislation, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 2/26/09
Lessons From Obama Nominee Tax Problems, AICPA Tax Insider, 4/9/09
IRS Strategy and the Corporate Taxpayer, AICPA Corporate Taxation Insider, 5/28/09
Cell Phones and Our Outdated Tax Law, AICPA Tax Insider, 7/16/09
Regulating Tax Return Preparers, AICPA Tax Insider, 10/15/09
Interesting Reports of 2009, AICPA Tax Insider, 12/10/09
Documenting the First-Time Homebuyer Credit, AICPA Tax Insider, 3/11/10
Employers — Please Stimulate the Economy!, AICPA Tax Insider, 4/15/10
"Do You Remember?" AICPA Tax Insider, 8/12/10
25th Anniversary of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, AICPA Tax Insider, 10/13/11