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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The Tax Court agreed with the Internal Revenue Service in disallowing an attorneys attempt to write off her familys travel costs as an expense for some books she wrote.
March 14 -
Scope creepthe enlargement of the job the CPA was hired forcan have both positive and negative implications for an accounting practice.
March 10 -
Despite government disapproval, corporate inversions still have fans
March 3 -
With cases of identity theft and tax fraud increasing almost exponentially, tax preparers should educate their clients about the dangers they face in having their information compromised, according to executives at several credit monitoring and identity protection services.
March 3 -
Handling the IRS, clients and the other frustrations of tax filing season
March 1 -
The Internal Revenue Service is appealing a court decision that it lost last year to a chip maker in a case involving stock-based compensation.
February 26 -
Cyber liability has moved to the forefront of hazards facing the CPA profession, according to industry experts.
February 25 -
Tax season may not be the easiest time for preparers to develop new business, but it may be the best time, according to Chuck McCabe, president of Peoples Income Tax.
February 18 -
Are CPAs really afraid to talk about fees with their clients? Thats what Tom Wheelwright, founder of the accounting firm ProVision, thinks.
February 11 -
At least one state looks to fatten up on cookies, the bits of computer code that websites leave on computers and smartphones to track user data and to improve website experience, by claiming it establishes nexus for sales tax purposes.
February 4