Practice Management

IRS agent Albert Bront threatened to kill a group of U.S. Treasury agents when they tried to search his home earlier this week.

Ever since social media began invading the business landscape, there’s been a conundrum over how to balance personal privacy and firm policy. How far is too far to protect the firm, its staff and clients’ interests?

Many businesses may soon find they cannot obtain or renew a license unless they are current with both their state and federal taxes.

PDI Global has introduced an online version of its 2009-2010 Tax Planning Guide that accounting firms can put on their Web sites and market to clients.

BNA has acquired the training seminar and conference businesses of the Council for International Tax Education, Atlas Information Group and the Structured Finance Institute.

The Internal Revenue Service has expanded its lists of “transactions of interest” and “listed transactions” that taxpayers must disclose if they are participating in any of them.

House Democrats have introduced health care legislation that would impose a surtax on upper-income taxpayers, and penalties on many small businesses that don’t provide health insurance coverage to employees.

The TV networks have been on a letter-writing campaign lately in an effort to dissuade Congress from ending the expensing of ads by pharmaceutical companies.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to hold a series of public forums this summer to get input on regulating tax preparers.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., has been called to the White House to discuss his proposed surtax on the wealthy to pay for health insurance reform.