Practice Management

Nonprofit and for-profit corporations that borrow through the issuance of taxable or tax exempt municipal debt have a new rule about who can give them financial advice.

Armanino LLP is in the process of adding Berger Lewis Accountancy Corporation to its firm. The merger, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close by Jan. 1, 2015.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Thomson Reuters has begun offering a new Checkpoint Learning Tax Research Certificate Program for tax professionals.

Two top Republican lawmakers profited from a corporate tax-avoidance maneuver that the U.S. Treasury Department is seeking to curb.

The Internal Revenue Service recovered $576 million in erroneously issued tax refunds last year thanks to outside tips provided by financial institutions and other sources such as tax preparers, more than double the amount from three years ago.

Burger King Worldwide Inc. agreed to acquire Tim Hortons Inc. for about C$12.5 billion ($11.4 billion) in a deal that creates the third-largest fast-food company and moves its headquarters to Canada.

U.S. Wealth Management president and CEO John Napolitano discusses how accountants can help clients find opportunities for financial planning when preparing their clients' taxes, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody.

There’s more than one way for a U.S. company to avoid taxes by claiming a foreign address.

New guidance for employees in the Appeals division of the IRS goes into effect in the first week of September.