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Toy industry executive Jeffrey P. Chernick has pleaded guilty to charges of filing a false tax return, the third U.S. client of Swiss bank UBS to plead guilty to tax charges.

National Society of Accountants president James H. Nolen testified at an Internal Revenue Service hearing that his group supports the registration of tax preparers, penalties for non-registrants and continuing education requirements.

IMGCAP(1)]Like the Obama administration, accounting firms may want to focus these days on building more infrastructure.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to issue guidance on the taxation of “fails charges” for failed deliveries of U.S. Treasuries.

The Internal Revenue Service has prosecuted a tax preparer who used the First-Time Homebuyer Credit in a fraud scheme that appears to be an increasing trend.

The Association for Accounting Marketing has moved its headquarters and replaced its management company in an effort to take the organization to the next level, executives said.

As Congress struggles to produce a health care reform bill that can be sold to voters during and after the August recess, one idea that’s emerging is a tax on plastic surgery.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John McCain, R-Ariz., have introduced legislation aimed at curbing excessive corporate tax deductions for stock options.

A nonprofit foundation run by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. is filing an amended 2007 tax return after it was found to have mischaracterized $11,000 in payments to officials as research grants.

An IRS contractor billed the agency $782,000 in dubious labor and travel charges between 2001 and 2006, according to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.