Practice Management

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has acquired the assets of BSI, a provider of international tax, legal, business and investment information.

The Internal Revenue Service is making changes in its letter-forwarding program and no longer intends to try to locate a missing taxpayer who may be entitled to a retirement plan payment or other financial benefit.

The Taxpayer Advocate Service is revising the criteria it uses to accept cases from taxpayers who are having trouble dealing with the Internal Revenue Service to cut down on its caseload.

It used to be that only very large, successful companies could operate and compete globally. Today, companies of any size can take advantage of global opportunities.

IMGCAP(1)]Many view leadership, management and administration as synonymous, but there are primary differences. It is not unusual for firms to expect individuals to possess the skills required for each. However, an individual's unique abilities will determine whether they enjoy the responsibilities and are successful.

Congress has a lot of tax issues on its plate between now and the end of the year.

A roundup of merger & acquisition activity among accounting firms

Partners are the culture in a professional service firm -- what they believe, what they reward, what they do, and how they do it determines what and how things get done.

Boy, did President Obama create a furor in a Roanoke, Va., speech in July, where he said, "If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

Denver-based Top 100 firm Hein & Associates didn't want to be anyone's secret -- even a good one, as managing partner Brian Mandell-Rice had become accustomed to hearing from clients.