Practice Management

Grant Thornton said Monday the firm has acquired Computer Technology Associates’ Health Solutions division and, in a separate announcement, has also launched a Japan Business Group.

Sikich LLP has entered into a merger agreement with an Indianapolis-based accounting, tax and management consulting firm with the unusually punctuated name of Ent : Imler CPA, PC.

The Internal Revenue Service is highlighting an online training module to help tax preparers avoid the recently increased penalty for failing to exercise due diligence when claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit.

The number of claims for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, which was included in the health care reform law as a way to help small businesses provide health insurance for their employees, has been much lower than anticipated, according to a new government report.

CCH provided advice on year-end tax strategies that, if implemented before a taxpayer’s liability is finalized, could make a significant difference in what they owe as tax year 2011 draws to a close.

Simon Property Group, the largest owner of shopping malls in the U.S., has filed suit against the state of Indiana in an effort to force the state to collect sales taxes from the online commerce giant Amazon.com.

The worst is over for accounting firms, said Allan D. Koltin, chief executive of Koltin Consulting Group, in his keynote address at the Thomson Reuters Users’ Conference for Professional Tax & Accounting Firms.

The Internal Revenue Service has opened a new telephone help line for questions about foreign bank account reports.

Commissioner Doug Shulman has presided over the continued reorganization and modernization of the Internal Revenue Service since March 2008.

The Senate failed to advance an infrastructure jobs bill Thursday that would have been paid for through higher taxes on millionaires.