Practice Management

The Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Appeals has improved its handling of collection due process cases, but there are still instances where taxpayers were not provided with their right to a hearing, according to a new report.

Clark Schaefer Hackett has acquired the Clemans Group, a health care consulting firm, adding extra resources for advising hospitals, medical practices and dentist’s offices.

The Internal Revenue Service still has problems with protecting the privacy of taxpayers' personally identifiable information on the printed documents it mails, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service said that Texas taxpayers harmed by Hurricane Ike qualify for tax relief and can postpone their tax-filing and payment deadlines until Jan. 5, 2009.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a list of industry-specific issues that its auditors may consider when examining a business's returns.

CCH and Thomson Reuters' RIA unit have calculated the inflation-adjusted amounts for tax brackets, standard deductions and exemptions for next tax season.

The marketing services division of the Second City comedy troupe has been enlisted by accounting firm network PKF to teach its members how to use humor to improve their marketing.

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., plans to hire a forensic accountant to sort through his tax liabilities as he comes under increasing pressure to step down from his chairmanship of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.

Senate leaders in both parties have agreed on patching the alternative minimum tax for another year, passing a set of clean energy tax incentives and extending several expiring tax cuts for businesses and families.

As one investment bank after another falls prey to the expanding crisis in the credit and mortgage markets, accounting regulators are trying to get a handle on the mess.