Practice Management

Check out the digital edition of the January 2014 issue of Accounting Today.

CliftonLarsonAllen has acquired Bankers Advisory Inc., a Belmont, Mass.-based consulting firm that works with mortgage institutions on regulatory compliance and quality control.

The airline industry and one of its prominent allies are gearing up to fight a possible push in the U.S. Congress to tax baggage fees and other air-travel charges as a way to generate additional federal revenue.

H. Ty Warner, the billionaire creator of Beanie Baby plush toys, asked a judge to give him probation, not prison, for evading taxes on secret Swiss accounts that held as much as $107 million.

Wipfli LLP has added the partners and associates of Tinley Park, Ill.-based The Condon Group Ltd. to the firm.

An additional tax of 10 percent is charged on premature withdrawals from a qualified retirement plan, SIMPLE plan or IRA. The additional tax is 10 percent of amounts withdrawn that are includible in gross income. The rules and exceptions are intricate enough that they don’t need to be complicated by things like fraudulent withdrawals by a soon-to-be former spouse. But that’s what happened to Andrew Roberts, whose wife withdrew funds from his IRAs without his knowledge.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a revenue procedure providing a safe harbor to those who invest in renovations of historic commercial buildings, addressing concerns stemming from a 2012 appeals court decision that upset users of historic tax credits, or rehabilitation credits.

BlumShapiro has combined with the Newton, Mass.-based firm Friedman, Suvalle & Salomon PC.

The Internal Revenue Service is giving organizations that have had their tax exemptions revoked because they failed to file a tax return a way to revive their tax-exempt status.

A recent ruling by the U.S. Tax Court holds a costly reminder about the consequences of making inappropriate transactions within a client’s IRA.