Practice Management

The three lucky winners of the record-breaking $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot will need some help with their taxes this year, next year, and probably the years to come.

JLK Rosenberger merges in Ewbank Insurance Group; Purdy Powers & Co. merges in Marshall & Libby; Jablonski-Madill merges with Rosenbaum Business Consulting.

It’s still not too late to make New Year’s resolutions, particularly for those who end up not keeping them. But anyone engaged in the tax preparation industry would do well to consider these suggestions.

Top 100 firm Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C. has acquired Doyle & Keenan, P.C., a firm in Davenport, Iowa.

The Internal Revenue Service is getting set for the opening of the 2016 individual income tax-filing season on January 19, promising improved taxpayer service and security, and a functioning Practitioner Priority Line, thanks to a funding boost from Congress.

Tax preparation chain Jackson Hewitt Tax Service now offers American Express Serve for clients to receive tax refunds.

The Internal Revenue Service took an average of 70 days to accommodate requests by disabled employees for adaptive technology, according to a new report, even though it’s only supposed to take 15 days unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Bloomberg BNA is releasing its annual report on the year ahead in tax and accounting, containing a collection of over 20 articles from its reporters on the outlook for tax legislation, international taxation, state taxes, Supreme Court tax cases, accounting standards and other topics.

A pair of reports from the Government Accountability Office found serious problems with the Internal Revenue Service’s processes for determining which individuals and businesses should be audited.

President Obama proposed to expand tax cuts for low-income workers who don’t have children during his State of the Union address.