10 Great Tax Newsletters for Professionals
As a tax professional, your success relies on keeping up with the latest tax law changes, industry trends and thought leadership. But given a glut of information (and misinformation) available on the internet, staying informed can be a challenge.
Fortunately, newsletters can bring the most relevant updates directly to your inbox — and even mailbox — saving you time and effort.
The following is a roundup of some great industry newsletters that cater to various corners of the tax world.
1. Tax Notes Today
- Best for: Tax news and analysis
- Cost: Varies by plan
Tax Notes is a go-to source for professionals looking for comprehensive coverage of U.S. and international tax laws, regulations and policy developments. They also have a series of subscription newsletters covering different areas of the tax world — most notably, Tax Notes Today Federal, Tax Notes Today State and Tax Notes Today International. Each subscription includes daily news, weekly commentary and Tax Notes analysis and research.
These newsletters (and the Tax Notes site itself) are ideal for professionals who want to be on top of legislative and regulatory changes that impact their work.
2. Bloomberg Tax’s Daily Tax Report
- Best for: Tax, business and financial news and analysis
- Cost: Must subscribe to Bloomberg Tax; costs vary
Bloomberg’s Daily Tax Report newsletter, which comes with a subscription to Bloomberg Tax, covers all things tax. This newsletter delivers updates on tax reform, court rulings, and IRS regulations alongside global economic trends. And it goes beyond with insights into broader financial and business news.
It’s a great paid resource for CPAs, tax attorneys, and corporate tax departments that want both tax and financial perspectives. However, if you’d like free tax coverage from Bloomberg, you might want to consider …
3. Bloomberg’s The Exchange
- Best for: Tax news and analysis
- Cost: Free (Start at Daily Tax Report page, click “Sign up for newsletter,” and you’ll be given the opportunity to sign up for free letters, including The Exchange.)
The Exchange is a free weekly newsletter that helps tax and accounting professionals stay informed with great commentary and insightful analysis on federal, state and international tax issues. While you don’t receive the volume you would from Daily Tax Report, you still receive vital information on the regular.
As a good for-instance, the most recent weekly letter included insights on the potential sunsetting of the Trump tax cuts, IRS transfer penalty audits, the federal New Market Tax Credit program and more.
4. Tax Policy Center’s Urban-Brookings Tax Policy
- Best for: Tax policy analysis
- Cost: Free
The Tax Policy Center, which is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, offers multiple newsletters. The bimonthly Urban-Brookings Tax Policy includes thought pieces and other insights about the current tax system, proposals for change and who would benefit (and who wouldn’t) from new policy.
5. Tax Policy Center’s Daily Deduction
- Best for: Tax news
- Cost: Free
If you want more frequent updates on the tax news du jour, you’ll want to sign up for another Tax Policy Center letter: Daily Deduction. This newsletter provides a morning summary of daily tax news, including actions being made in Congress, the White House and the states.
6. Grant Thornton’s Tax Hot Topics
- Best for: Tax news
- Cost: Free
Grant Thornton is a global professional services firm that provides tax, audit, and advisory services to businesses. Among its newsletters is Tax Hot Topics, a biweekly newsletter that covers virtually everything from tax — federal legislation, IRS regulations, tax-related litigation and even tax developments overseas.
7. Grant Thornton’s State and Local Thinking
- Best for: State and local tax news
- Cost: Free
Tax professionals looking for more local tax news can sign up for Grant Thornton’s monthly State and Local Thinking, which covers regulatory changes, legislation making its way through state congresses, and legal decisions.
8. IRS Guidewire
- Best for: Technical tax guidance from the IRS
- Cost: Free
Tax and legal professionals looking for real-time updates on vital IRS tax guidance can sign up for IRS GuideWire. This is less a newsletter and more an electronic notification service, but one that provides important guidance issued by the IRS before it’s published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. Updates will involve announcements, notices, revenue rulings, procedures and regulations. While this is considered a weekly service, updates might come more often.
9. IRS e-News for Tax Professionals
- Best for: News pertinent to tax professionals
- Cost: Free
The IRS also offers weekly e-News for tax professionals — a summary of key information for tax pros. This news covers everything from new IRS initiatives and tax law changes, to scam alerts, technical guidance and webinars for continuing education credits.
10. Deloitte’s Tax News & Views
- Best for: Tax news for businesses, HNW individuals
- Cost: Free
Tax News & Views, published by the Deloitte Tax LLP Tax Policy Group, is a digest of tax developments — including policy discussions and legislation, and even tax technological advances — that affect businesses and high-net-worth individuals.
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