Practice Management

A federal judge in Worcester, Mass., has sentenced William Scott Dion of Sanbornville, N.H., to 84 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and for obstructing the IRS.

The Facebook farewell message of departing IRS Return Preparer Office director David Williams has prompted a number of good wishes and gratitude for his work.

Nearly half of CFOs don’t anticipate the one-time costs of going public, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Financial Executives International has begun scoring members of Congress on how well their votes match FEI’s legislative priorities.

The Internal Revenue Service does not yet have enough information to determine whether its self-assistance and virtual services are providing efficient and effective customer service to taxpayers.

Cloud-based financial planning and reporting technology provider Adaptive Planning has purchased SaaS data visualization tool maker myDials, effectively enhancing the company’s business intelligence capabilities.

Kreinik & Co. and Fiorita Kornhaas & Co. becomes one.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney cited a group of economic studies to show that his tax-cut plan won’t increase the U.S. budget deficit or shift the tax burden to middle-income taxpayers.

Having a carefully designed social media policy in place isn’t only a matter of establishing standards for politeness; it’s necessary to legally protect your firm and its actions.

Tax departments are being excluded from discussions about whether it’s a good idea for their companies to move into cloud computing, despite security concerns.