Roger Russell

Handling the IRS, clients and the other frustrations of tax filing season

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.

Cyber liability has moved to the forefront of hazards facing the CPA profession, according to industry experts.

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.

Are CPAs really afraid to talk about fees with their clients? That’s what Tom Wheelwright, founder of the accounting firm ProVision, thinks.

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.

As tax season kicks off, tax preparers are keeping their fingers crossed.

Given that tax prep businesses, like all businesses that depend on repeat customers, lose a portion of their client base each year, it is imperative they market themselves and attract new clients just to stay even.

While the passage of this season’s extenders bill was widely anticipated before the end of 2015, it nevertheless contained some surprises for many observers.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of California in an income tax refund action brought by Al Davis, former principal owner of the Oakland Raiders, and his wife Carol Davis.

Tax reform is on the horizon, but the horizon likely extends beyond 2016, according to Marc Gerson, tax partner at Miller & Chevalier and former majority tax counsel to the House Ways and Means Committee.

It’s still not too late to make New Year’s resolutions, particularly for those who end up not keeping them. But anyone engaged in the tax preparation industry would do well to consider these suggestions.

Global tax services firm Ryan has won a lawsuit challenging the provisions of a regulation governing consultant fee arrangements, especially the limitation on contingent fee arrangements.

Having played golf once in my life during my days at Ft. Bragg, N.C., I’m not exactly an avid golfer. But as two golf courses in North Carolina discovered last month, it’s getting tougher for them to successfully claim a charitable contribution deduction for a conservation easement.

A recent case in Michigan has created an unexpected twist in the brave new world of taxing software and services online.

The Affordable Care Act will continue to provide new surprises for tax preparers and taxpayers for the foreseeable future.

It’s the time of year when investors examine their portfolio and seek to harvest built-in tax losses. But short sellers who wish to harvest their losses should keep a close eye on the calendar.

The IRS has not established a service-wide approach to managing effective authentication processes and procedures for individual taxpayers’ identities, according to a new report.

With the advent of the Nanny Tax in 1994, it became a little more complicated for a family to hire a nanny, housekeeper or senior caregiver.

The Tax Court has decided that media mogul Sumner Redstone’s 1972 transfer of stock to a trust set up for his two children was a taxable gift, but declined to impose a penalty for fraud, negligence, or failure to timely file.