Practice Management

An IRS advisory subcommittee is testing a compliance checklist for state and local government employers, asking questions about tax withholding, fringe benefits, retirement plans and other matters.

The eligibility period for COBRA subsidies for laid-off workers has been extended through February, with 15 months of subsidy available now to those who qualify.

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.