Practice Management

A traffic accident above the San Francisco Bay could affect up to an estimated 30,000 taxpayers in 13 states.

Lipman, Selznick & Witkowski PC and Weiser LLP have merged, effective immediately. Terms were not disclosed.

In response to the housing crisis as a result of Hurricane Katrina, House Financial Services chairman Michael G. Oxley, R-Ohio, and Rep. Richard Baker, R-La., said they would adjust an affordable housing fund, currently in pending legislation, in order to meet housing needs of Katrina survivors.

Regional CPA and business consulting firm Kosovsky, Pratesi & Company, has merged in the local practice of Charles H. Flaum CPA, P.C. effective immediately.

Both the House and Senate passed nearly $5 billion in tax cut bills, aimed at helping victims of Hurricane Katrina and the people who provide them shelter.

The Government Accountability Office released a comprehensive overview of the tax reform debate.

The Internal Revenue Service announced that several thousand telephone operators are helping the Federal Emergency Management Agency answer calls from Hurricane Katrina victims.

The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department announced an increase to the optional standard mileage rates for the final four months of 2005.

In a merger effective Sept. 1, Larson, Allen, Weishair & Co. LLP acquired the 30-person firm Hopkins Parker & Co. PLC located in Phoenix.

The heads of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform announced that both of the panel's meetings scheduled for September will be postponed indefinitely.