Practice Management

Grant Thornton LLP is planning a major marketing campaign later in the year to reposition the Chicago-based firm around the world.

President Obama has written to congressional leaders encouraging them to eliminate special tax breaks for the oil and gas industry.

The American Institute of CPAs said Wednesday that it is expanding the registration and exam options for its specialty credentials, providing CPAs with more flexibility and opportunity to pursue designations that help differentiate them in the market.

Nearly 1,200 Electronic Filing Identification Numbers were reported to the Internal Revenue Service as compromised over a five-year period, allowing an individual to electronically submit a federal income tax return using another individual’s EFIN without that person's knowledge, according to a new report.

A Florida CPA who pled guilty to a tax misdemeanor for assisting his client, a self-proclaimed priest, in hiding income from the IRS, has had his suspension from practice extended after the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility won an appeal challenging the original length and date of suspension.

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A dozen hospital and health care organizations have written to the Internal Revenue Service expressing concerns with recent revisions in the Form 990 Schedule H.

A 70-year-old Southern California tax preparer pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court to allegations that he aided and assisted in the preparation of false tax returns and endeavored to obstruct the administration of the Tax Code.

The Internal Revenue Service improperly transferred hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer payments to its Excess Collection File, often without the right documentation, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun taking steps to stop tax preparers with criminal tax convictions or permanent injunctions from preparing tax returns, sending letters to 19 tax preparers proposing to revoke their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers.