Practice Management

IMGCAP(1)]Forensic accounting has become a “hot” topic in recent years due to the increase in high-profile cases of companies and individuals charged with corruption and fraud.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has issued a comprehensive analysis of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 on its Checkpoint research service.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said it could not render an opinion on the 2010 consolidated financial statements of the federal government, because of widespread material internal control weaknesses, significant uncertainties, and other limitations.

Regional CPA firm Gallina LLP is expanding to Las Vegas by merging in Zanoni & Company LLP.

An Internal Revenue Service employee in New York has been charged with stealing over $160,000 in unclaimed tax refunds.

When asked to compare their financial situation to last year, 42 percent of Americans say they feel less secure now, according to a new Harris Poll.

H&R Block shares fell Monday after it received notice from HSBC that the bank is immediately terminating refund anticipation loans and refund anticipation checks for Block as a result of a regulatory directive from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

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The Internal Revenue Service today issued new guidance Thursday allowing the continued use of flexible spending arrangement and health reimbursement arrangement debit cards for the purchase of prescribed over-the-counter medicines and drugs.

Personal exemptions and standard deductions will rise and tax brackets will widen due to inflation in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday.