Roger Russell is a senior editor at Accounting Today. He focuses on tax developments and compliance, and professional liability issues affecting CPAs. He is a tax attorney and has been a researcher and analyst at several major tax publishing companies.
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National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson will convene an international conference on taxpayer rights later this year.
September 28 -
Handling tax controversy cases before the IRS calls for more than just tax expertise
September 22 -
Last week, the Alabama Department of Revenue challenged the U.S. Supreme Courts 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, which established a physical presence test for sales tax nexus.
September 17 -
The American Institute of CPAs wrote Congress to warn that a bill grants the IRS too much authority to regulate tax preparers.
September 15 -
Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the IRS will reject any checks received for over $99,999,999.00.
September 15 -
Independent tax preparation businesses face challenges of fierce competition and seasonality, according to Chuck McCabe, president of Peoples Income Tax and The Income Tax School.
September 10 -
The Tax Court sided with a taxpayer who failed to get a petition protesting a tax lien delivered in time to the Tax Courts own offices because of a federal holiday and a winter snowstorm that closed the offices.
September 9 -
Lawsuits are never fun, particularly for CPA defendants who stand to lose money, reputation and time.
September 3 -
If you have discussed the idea of setting up a family limited partnership with any of your clients in the past, now might be a good time to revisit the subject.
August 27 -
Tax prep software vendors on what's coming up, from the threat of DIY to the promise of the cloud
August 25