Practice Management

As we work through the succession and retirement of senior partners in our firms, a lot of us are also reviewing and updating our internal documents and agreements.

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance said Monday it has begun issuing the first income tax refunds of 2014 for taxpayers who used an online free tax service provided by the state.

One-third of Swiss banks offered amnesty by the U.S. for helping Americans evade taxes have applied for the program, a federal prosecutor stated at a Jan. 25 conference, according to three lawyers.

Ten years ago, Congress passed a law intended to penalize chief executive officers whose companies shift their legal addresses to tax havens.

The National Society of Accountants is worried about the impact of the budget cuts on the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to send out tax refunds and help taxpayers, and is sending a letter to the chairman of the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee to outline its concerns.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Here is a one-question multiple choice quiz for all return preparers.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to send expiration letters next week to tax practitioners who have not renewed their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers for 2014.

CJBS LLC, an accounting and financial consulting firm in Northbrook, Ill., has completed a merger with the accounting and tax services business of Kenneth S. Finkle, also based in Northbrook.

A Southern California real estate agent who promoted a popular tax fraud scheme has been convicted of filing false claims.