Practice Management

New research into CPA firm management will be described in a series of monthly webinars from the Bay Street Group and Capstone Marketing.

Despite some decreases in 2008, the IRS’s overall level of compliance activities remains higher than in the years immediately after implementation of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998.

Four Southern congressmen have written to the IRS asking for casualty loss deductions for homeowners whose property has been damaged by installations of defective Chinese drywall.

Liberty Tax Service, the third largest tax preparer in the U.S., has lost a lawsuit over deceptive ads that California Attorney General Jerry Brown claimed blurred the line between free tax refunds and expensive refund anticipation loans.

Retirement plan recordkeeping service provider ExpertPlan has acquired portions of ADP’s retirement plan recordkeeping business that service independent third-party administrators.

The U.S. and Swiss governments have concluded their negotiations over expanding the sharing of tax information to root out tax dodgers, and now plan to sign a protocol in the next few months.

The Senate Finance Committee held hearings to learn more about the tax implications of climate change legislation, including whether companies should be taxed for carbon emission allowances.

The IRS is not using collection tools, including tax liens, levies and property seizures, soon enough in many instances, according to a new report from a Treasury Department watchdog.

A new search engine developed by a California CPA tries to make it easier to find relevant documents on the IRS’s Web site.

A tax preparer has been arrested for stalking and threatening to harm an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan DA’s office.