Practice Management

Financial close software maker Blackline Systems has formed a strategic alliance with professional services firm The Goetzman Group to bring software and financial and accounting services to large organizations – particularly in the Southern California region.

How many times has your CPA firm implemented a process or technology change only to find out later that just a fraction of the firm is following the new process or leveraging all the features of the technology solution? If you answered something along the lines of “all the time,” don’t worry. You are not alone.

Tax preparers charge an average of $246 to prepare an itemized Form 1040 with a Schedule A and a state tax return, according to a survey by the National Society of Accountants.

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The Republican chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Dave Camp, R-Mich., released a draft document Thursday proposing a series of tax reforms for various types of financial derivatives and other financial products, building on work done by his committee over the past two years.

President Obama nominated former prosecutor Mary Jo White as the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Internal Revenue Service is offering guidance on mortgage principal reductions in the federal government’s program for mortgage modifications for borrowers who have fallen behind on their payments.

Sage North America and NetSuite partner SWK Technologies has acquired the Sage business partner accounts of Dallas-based Point Solutions, retaining several personnel and approximately 20 accounts.

The Internal Revenue Service said it will appeal a court’s ruling that it lacks the power to license tax preparers, a decision that might affect as many as 700,000 people who work on clients’ returns.

Four states have signed up for a new system aimed at combating the growing problem of identity theft-related tax fraud.