Practice Management

The IRS has released a new notice with guidance on the American Taxpayer Relief Act, and gives employers extra time to file a form to qualify for the Work Opportunity Credit.

The number of tax-delinquent federal workers and retirees increased by 11.5 percent in 2011, according to Internal Revenue Service data.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility has obtained the disbarment of enrolled agent Lorna M. Walker for stealing a client's tax payments and preparing tax returns with false deductions for multiple clients.

The Internal Revenue Service has notified tax attorneys around the country that their clients have been disqualified from participation in the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, even after they had initially been accepted in the program.

Like most of you, I’ve already experienced my fair share of stress this busy season, and it has barely begun. In addition to the shortened filing period, many practitioners are facing significant software glitches. Those are tough challenges for firms like my own, which consists of myself, a seasonal employee and an administrative person.

Sage North America is looking to enhance its channel partner program by adding a product and company scoring initiative as well as a dedicated market development fund to help fuel partner marketing initiatives.

Worker classification has long been an area only vaguely understood by many employers. The law is not only not settled, it’s unclear, going all the way back to the common law of England.

With lawmakers under pressure to find ways to reduce the deficit while avoiding the more painful spending cuts in the sequester, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing to examine how to reduce the deficit by eliminating wasteful spending in the Tax Code.

The Internal Revenue Service reminded practitioners that they should not include advertisements for their services when sending out W-2 forms.

KPMG LLP tallied the numbers from a recent survey and found that M&A, private equity and tax professionals focused on the technology, financial services and health care sectors, expect to see a rise in deal activity among their clients in 2013.