Practice Management

CPA and business advisory firm Henry & Horne has acquired Ringel Business Valuation Services for undisclosed terms.

The founder and principal manager of a bogus foreign exchange fund that effectively operated like a Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison on tax charges.

CBIZ has acquired South Winds Inc., a Baltimore-based retirement consulting firm, which does business under the name Benexx.

CCH has expanded its Tax Prep Partner Series with four new compliance guidance titles.

D. Scott Moore, director of marketing and business development at Dixon Hughes, was recently elected 2010-2011 president of the Association for Accounting Marketing.

Four of eight promoters of a fraudulent tax- and debt-elimination scheme have been sentenced to length prison terms for their roles in tax fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

The Treasury Department has released a new state-by-state report on the number of newly hired workers whose employers are eligible to claim tax credits under the HIRE Act, increasing the estimate from 4.5 million to 5.6 million workers.

CCH has introduced CCH TaxPlan, a new product on its IntelliConnect online research service that combines tax planning guidance with interactive practice tools to help practitioners with tax planning engagements.

Kentucky CPA firms Dean Dorton Ford and Cotton + Allen plan to merge by the end of the year.

Averett Warmus Durkee has merged its practice with Osburn, Henning and Co.