Practice Management

The Internal Revenue Service opened its Free File program Friday for the ninth year, offering free tax preparation and electronic filing to taxpayers.

CCH has expanded its research resources with the CCH Expert Treatise Library, with the initial treatise covering the taxation of compensation and benefits.

Atlanta accounting firms Windham Brannon and Tarpley & Underwood have agreed to combine, expanding the services and client base for the two firms.

Henry Bloch, the “H” in H&R Block, needs no introduction to accountants, or the millions of taxpayers whose returns have been prepared by the firm — and the industry — he spawned.

The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance Thursday that will allow more small tax-exempt organizations to file a simpler tax form containing less information than they would have been required to file previously.

The Treasury Department launched a pilot program Thursday to provide tax refunds on prepaid debit and payroll cards.

Southwest regional CPA firm Weaver has merged with L.T. Hawthorne & Associates Inc., expanding the firm’s services for the petroleum and renewable fuel industries.

An overwhelming majority of small business owners plan to spend more money on their businesses in 2011, according to a new survey.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talked about the Obama administration’s support for corporate tax reform during and after a speech on Wednesday.

A Santa Fe, N.M., woman and her husband have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the federal government, and she has been ordered to pay over $1.7 million in taxes from operating an adult entertainment Internet business.