Practice Management

An IRS advisory committee has recommended that the IRS require all tax preparers who file at least 200 returns a year to use electronic filing.

Just in time for Jon and Kate Gosselin’s impending divorce, the IRS has released a very helpful form.

The IRS has posted a preview of the 1040 for 2009, along with the latest rules for electronically filing the returns.

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.