Practice Management

Super-regional CPA and business advisory firm BKD has launched www.financialreforminsights.com, an interactive portal to help guide financial institutions through the sweeping regulations under legislation such as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Senate Republicans blocked a bill on Tuesday that would have denied tax breaks to companies that move jobs offshore and provide companies with a two-year holiday from their share of Social Security payroll tax withholding for each employee they hire to replace a worker at a foreign-based facility.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations requiring paid tax return preparers to register with the IRS to obtain a Preparer Tax Identification Number and made available a new online application system for getting a PTIN.

CPA and business advisory firm RubinBrown has formed a new client niche, Life Sciences Services Group, and appointed Felicia Malter, CPA, as partner-in-charge.

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The Senate debated a bill on Monday that would give companies a two-year holiday from their share of Social Security payroll withholding for each employee they hire to replace a worker at a foreign-based facility.

Florida accounting firms Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund and Stogniew & Associates are combining, effective Oct. 1.

President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act into law on Monday, providing $12 billion in tax breaks and a $30 billion lending fund for small businesses.

The Internal Revenue Service said that individuals and businesses will no longer receive paper income tax packages in the mail.

Michigan accounting firms Lewis & Knopf CPAs PC, and Thomas R. Haggerty CPA PC have combined forces.