Practice Management

The leaders of Congress’s two main tax committee teamed up Thursday to launch a new Web site and Twitter feed, with the goal of getting input from the American public on tax reform.

The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday to examine the causes for the widespread noncompliance found in a recent audit of tax-exempt colleges and universities by the Internal Revenue Service.

CCH has released a new analysis of the Internet sales tax legislation approved by the Senate this week.

NetSuite Inc. has acquired order management product provider OrderMotion Inc., which will effectively add the company’s cloud-based direct-to-consumer order management capabilities to NetSuite’s existing order management system.

Mueller Prost PC has combined its CPA and business advisory firm with Accurate Business Results.

The tax, accounting and business consulting firm Habif, Arogeti &Wynne LLP has agreed to merge in JRZ LLC.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ken., has introduced legislation to repeal provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, that he contends undermine the privacy of U.S. citizens.

As a CPA and attorney at law, this office has certainly seen its share of food service industry examinations, both at the federal and state levels.

The Senate has approved legislation requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes from Internet sales, even if they don’t have a physical presence in the state where the customer resides.

Several hundred members of the National Treasury Employees Union are planning a rally at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City to call for an end to sequestration and protest unpaid furlough days for Internal Revenue Service employees and a planned shutdown of IRS services for the public.