Practice Management

Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court has ruled that the agreement for UBS to disclose the identities of 4,450 U.S.-based taxpayers to the IRS violates the country’s banking secrecy laws.

Accounting and consulting firm WebsterRogers has opened offices in Columbia, S.C., after acquiring the CPA practice of Finch, Hallbick & Co., whose principals have provided services in Columbia for over 40 years.

From implementing a vision to becoming a global brand to making a commitment to client service excellence, a quartet of chief executives revealed their respective firms’ best practices and strategies in a marquee session during the second day of the Winning Is Everything confab in Las Vegas.

Four former Ernst & Young partners have been sentenced for their roles in tax shelter schemes.

The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance that designates the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 as a qualified disaster for federal tax purposes.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued advice on how to claim the Making Work Pay Tax Credit that was included in the Recovery Act if an employer has not provided the full credit.

The effects of the economic downturn have been particularly hard on states, which will make life interesting in the year ahead for firms that sell services in the state and local tax area.

The Senate has unanimously passed legislation that allows taxpayers to deduct charitable contributions to aid victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

Joe Theismann, the former all-pro quarterback for the Washington Redskins who led that team to a pair of Super Bowl appearances and one world championship, told roughly 300 attendees representing many of the leading CPA firms in the country that one of the best qualities of leadership is the ability to listen.

The Internal Revenue Service has increased its maximum value limits for employer-provided vehicles this year.