Practice Management

The Internal Revenue Service advised truckers and other owners of heavy highway vehicles that their next federal highway use tax return, usually due Aug. 31, will instead be due on Nov. 30, 2011.

Ernst & Young has launched a new Web site to assist financial institutions in complying with the new U.S. tax regime under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Balance Financial, a consumer finance software and services company, has introduced a set of bookkeeping products and services called Balance Certified Pro.

A federal court has permanently barred Howard Musin, his wife Jill Schwartz-Musin, who formerly worked as an IRS special agent, and their three companies from preparing federal tax returns for others.

MNP LLP, one of Canada’s largest chartered accounting and consulting firms, plans to merge in Stern Cohen Shier Inc., an insolvency firm based in the Toronto area, effective Sept. 1.

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The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued a notice Thursday announcing plans to phase in the requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and explaining how foreign financial institutions can comply with the U.S. law.

The National Society of Accountants has submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service about plans for a tax preparer competency examination, supporting the intended purpose of verifying the “minimal competency” of tax preparers.

The Internal Revenue Service does not always promptly and properly notify taxpayers of inadvertent disclosures of their personal information, according to a new government report.

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