Practice Management

What do you do when your team lacks accountability? In a prior article (Accounting Today, Aug. 18-Sept. 7, 2008), we explored how integrity and ownership affect accountability and how managing your personal integrity and identifying clear ownership for all things in your organization will enable you to develop a more productive, highly functioning team.

Security guard company Superior Protection Inc. and four of its executives were indicted for failing to pay employment taxes and other charges.

One of the defendants in a $60 million trust tax scheme has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison.

Two recent reports suggest that the movement to register tax return preparers will continue.

Getting a handle on 2008 year-end tax planning is especially challenging this year because of several areas of uncertainty.

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to hold the first of two roundtable discussions on mark-to-market accounting and current market conditions on Wed., Oct. 29, at 9 am ET.

The Internal Revenue Service said personal exemptions and standard deductions would rise in 2009 to keep pace with inflation, providing more than three dozen tax benefits.

Two of the Internal Revenue Service's newest modernized computer systems were deployed with known security vulnerabilities that could expose confidential taxpayer information, according to a new report from the Treasury Department's inspector general.

Accounting firm LarsonAllen has combined with yet another firm - Davis, Keller and Wiggins - expanding its presence in the St. Louis area and its automobile dealership client base.

The Association for Accounting Marketing is calling for nominees for its Rookie of the Year Award.