Practice Management

When you work in a professional services firm with different locations, different practice areas and different industries (not counting different deadlines and "busy seasons"), it is quite challenging to pull everyone together and focus on one vision for your firm.

Developments in tax from the previous month

The pros and cons of working with a tax franchise

International Federation of Accountants CEO Fayezul Choudhury discusses how IFAC includes accounting organizations covering firms of all sizes, allowing even sole practitioners to stay connected with what's happening with the largest firm networks around the world, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

A federal court in San Francisco has entered an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service to serve a summons seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce FirstCaribbean International Bank, seeking records of FCIB’s U.S. correspondent account at Wells Fargo.

The Bonadio Group has bolstered its internal audit team with the acquisition of Independent Audit Associates, of Rutland, VT. The deal is expected to close on May 1, 2013.

A former Internal Revenue Service agent and manager has pleaded guilty to criminal conflict of interest charges and been convicted after admitting to opening her own tax and accounting business, which earned her $70,000 on the side while working for the IRS.

SAP global channel leader Kevin Gilroy explains how the combination of rapidly evolving technology and an emerging generation of users who embrace innovation are combining to create powerful change.

CPA2Biz, the technology subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs, is adding social CRM provider Avectra to its Trusted Business Advisor Solutions program, with a focus on having the company become the preferred provider of constituent management services to CPA firm clients.

The IRS has released Notice 2013-30, formalizing a three-month extension for filing and paying taxes for those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.