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The AICPA requested on Monday that the IRS extend the deadline for submitting comments on Notice 2016-23, which requests responses to a series of specific questions related to the new centralized partnership audit regime established by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, P.L. 114-74.

WalletHub has released its annual report on the states with the highest and lowest tax rates in the country.

A group from BerryDunn recently participated in the fourth annual WinterKids Downhill 24, a 24-hour team ski race at Sugarloaf ski resort in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Proceeds from the event were donated to WinterKids, a Maine-based nonprofit that helps kids develop healthy habits through outdoor winter activities.

U.S. business leaders are keeping a close eye during primary season on the candidates’ tax reform plans, according to a new survey of private companies by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Sales tax technology vendors have been expanding their efforts to help small and midsize businesses cope with the dizzying array of tax rates and rules across states, localities and countries.

At 82 years of age, Gary Gerson of Miami, FL has a resume that reads like a CPA wishlist: Becoming the youngest CPA in the country (21 years old in 1955), heading the Navy Area Audit Office during his military fulfillment during the Korean War, head of his own firm, and the only non-athlete to be inducted into the University of Florida's Athletic Hall of Fame, to name just a few accomplishments.

As Sunday marks Daylight Saving Time, professionals will lose another hour of sleep during tax season. However, according to a new survey from Accountemps, a Robert Half company, this lost hour will have no effect on an already tired workforce. Accountemps found that nearly three-quarters of U.S. workers work while they're tired, with one-third reporting they do so "very often."

Many forward-thinking companies are giving their employees access to financial wellness services to help them make sense of their finances.

This time of year it’s hard to be proactive with your clients. With deadlines looming, you are pushed into “critical needs” mode. However, because you are interacting with so many clients and pouring over details of their financial and business situation, the opportunities for being proactive are virtually endless. Faced with a bounty of opportunities and limited time what should you do?

The Internal Revenue Service will be making some changes in the due dates next year for several types of business tax returns, which should give accountants a little extra breathing room.