Practice Management

A new poll shows that most Americans don't want state or federal tax agencies to prepare their taxes.

Senate Democrats have proposed legislation that would roll back $17 billion in tax breaks for oil and gas companies and impose a 25 percent windfall profits tax on the companies.

The Internal Revenue Service's Electronic Crimes Program needs to have more controls in place, says a new report.

The New York State Society of CPAs plans to hold its 29th Annual New York CPA Business & Technology Show & Conference on May 14 and 15 at the New York Hilton Hotel, featuring Tracy Byrnes of Fox Business News and IRS Special Agent Mike Minto as speakers.

The Tax Court issued an unusually stern rebuke to the Internal Revenue Service in a case it decided last week involving a huge group of tax shelter defendants.

“The problem is variously termed as silo thinking, silo vision, silo mentality, or the silo effect. This is evident when directors, departments, managers, teams or staff may be high performers individually, but fail to choreograph their activities to create peak performance for the organization.”

A memo from the Internal Revenue Service's Large and Mid-Sized Business Division introduces new LMSB Procedures for tax return preparer penalty cases.

iPro One has reached an agreement to purchase an ownership interest in HbK Sorce Financial, an investment advisory and wealth management firm with more than $1 billion in assets under management.

Amper Politziner & Mattia has merged with Goldenberg Rosenthal to create one of the largest regional firms in the Northeast.

Genworth Financial Investment Services has launched a new section of its Web site dedicated to practice management.