Practice Management

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The Big Four accounting firms have come roaring back into the consulting field in the years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 forced three of them to shed their consulting units and now dominate the U.S. consulting market, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service’s oversight of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program remains minimal at best, despite a critical report last year by the Government Accountability Office, according to a new GAO report.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to identify and assist all taxpayers who may have been affected by the data breach in its online “Get Transcript” application, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that fines issued by the brokerage industry’s self-regulatory body, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, are not tax deductible.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued final and temporary regulations to curb the use of spinoffs of corporate assets into real estate investment trusts, or REITs, to reduce taxes.

As Ireland braces itself for a European Union order to claw back unpaid taxes from technology giant Apple Inc., government officials have warned Finance Minister Michael Noonan that he would face two crucial questions once the decision comes.

The U.S. Tax Court gave a taxpayer extra time to file a petition after a winter storm forced the closure one day last year of all federal offices, including the Tax Court.

Summer jobs are an excellent opportunity to learn responsibility in the areas of work ethic, time management, and financial responsibility.

California was the only state to change its sales tax rate in the first quarter of the year, spurring a host of changes in local sales taxes across the state, according to a new report.