Practice Management

The Internal Revenue Service has issued new rules for obtaining its consent for a change in the method of accounting.

The Internal Revenue Service said a series of forms will be disabled until mid- to late February with error codes.

The Internal Revenue Service does not verify that government contractors have paid federal taxes, despite a presidential directive last January that contractors with serious tax delinquencies not receive new work from federal agencies, and at least 20 contractors for the IRS owe a total of approximately $5.2 million in unpaid taxes, according to a new government report.

Dixon Hughes PLLC and Goodman & Co. LLP said Monday they plan to merge on March 1, creating the largest CPA firm based in the South and the 13th largest in the country.

Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, a two-office, 10-partner CPA and business advisory firm, has merged in Lesnick and Paradie, a Tarrytown, N.Y-based practice.

The Florida firms of Gregory, Sharer & Stuart, P.A., and Hevia Beagles & Company, P.A., have combined forces.

CIS Consulting Group has sold its 24-year-old practice to a variety of interests, including a software company it once represented.

Clifton Gunderson has expanded its presence in New Mexico, acquiring Albuquerque-based Meyners + Co., for an undisclosed sum.

The Internal Revenue Service has been hearing a lot of concerns about its new requirements for tax preparers to electronically file tax returns.

Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP, CPAs and Profitability Consultants, has merged Kahn, Hoffman & Hochman, LLP, CPAs, into its practice, effective January 1.