Practice Management

CCH Tax and Accounting has added two major new stand-alone libraries in the Miller accounting and auditing series to its Accounting Research Manager.

The 2005 filing season was a good one for the Internal Revenue Service, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

The IRS Oversight Board at its recent meeting raised concerns over the agency's plan to close some of its Taxpayer Assistance Centers this fall.

Weiser LLP has merged in nearby Leslie Sufrin and Co. PC, a boutique accounting, audit, tax and consulting firm that specializes in servicing publishing, media, information and communication businesses.

The Internal Revenue Service will co-sponsor a free Webcast next week focusing on collection issues, including partial-payment installment agreements and offers in compromise.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding taxpayers that the agency isn't kidding around when it comes to frivolous cases aimed at delaying tax collections.

Interest rates for the third quarter will remain unchanged, the Internal Revenue Service said.

* Block, HSBC to Settle RAL Lawsuit: H&R Block and HSBC Taxpayer Financial Services Inc. reached a tentative agreement to settle a 1998 Chicago class-action lawsuit related to refund anticipation loans.

With the rising deficits and a series of tax reductions enacted in the first term of the Bush administration, many tax practitioners are starting to feel that the tax situation for their clients is never going to get much better than it is right now.

In a move to deepen its penetration into southwestern markets, middle-market software and consulting concern Enterprise Resource Group, headquartered here, has acquired Houston-based Burch Consultants.