Practice Management

The Internal Revenue Service lost an estimated $90 million in revenue for tax year 2008 because of erroneously claimed foreign earned income tax exclusions, according to a new government report.

New York and Philadelphia have been provoking the ire of their residents lately by levying taxes on two formerly sacrosanct local products.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has acquired Boskage Commerce Publications Ltd., a provider of international trade publications and training materials, WebCPA has learned.

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Taxpayers will be able to receive their income tax refunds on a reloadable prepaid Western Union MoneyWise MasterCard next tax season as a result of a new agreement that CCH Small Firm Services has struck with Western Union.

President Barack Obama blasted Senate Republicans for obstructing his administration’s top legislative priority: a bill providing tax cuts and a $32 billion lending fund for small businesses to spur job growth.

The Internal Revenue Service anticipates that the number of individuals who will request Preparer Tax Identification Numbers will swell to 1.2 million after its new rules for registration of paid tax preparers go into effect at the end of the year.

The real estate developer who is trying to set up a controversial Islamic cultural center two blocks away from Ground Zero reportedly owes New York City over $224,270 in back property taxes for the location.

Staying connected through professional groups and social networking sites is the best way for accounting and finance managers to enhance their professional visibility, according to a new survey of CFOs.

Z Street, a pro-Israel nonprofit organization, has filed a lawsuit in federal court charging that the IRS violated its First Amendment rights by delaying its application for tax-exempt status because the IRS allegedly needs to consider whether a group’s views on Israel differ from those of the current presidential administration.