Practice Management

An IRS employee has been indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing mail that had been delivered to an IRS service facility.

The Tax Court has denied a Brooklyn tax lawyer’s attempt to claim over $100,000 in payments for prostitutes and pornography as medical expense deductions.

CCH has introduced a new research product with up-to-date information on 20 jurisdictions that offer low tax rates.

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has declared Sept. 13 to 19 to be Virginia Certified Public Accountants Week.

Intuit has signed a deal to acquire personal finance site Mint.com for approximately $170 million cash.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to hold the last of its public forums on improving tax preparer standards at the end of the month, featuring panelists from the tax software industry and unenrolled preparers.

A federal grand jury has indicted an Arizona accountant and an attorney for participating in an offshore tax shelter scheme.

Thomson Reuters’ Tax & Accounting business plans to acquire Deloitte LLP’s Abacus Enterprise suite of tax software products.

Linda Stiff, the former acting commissioner of the IRS, plans to retire this fall.

IMGCAP(1)]Gordon Krater took the reins as managing partner of Plante & Moran in July, only the sixth managing partner since the firm was founded in 1924. He was first elected by the firm’s partners last October, and succeeded Bill Hermann, who had served as managing partner at the Southfield, Mich.-based firm since July 2001.