The Latest

A roundup of recent hires, promotions, awards and other personnel news from firms across the country.

John Raspante of NAPLIA discusses in this video some potential areas of liability for accountants, such as malpractice claims related to the Affordable Care Act, FATCA, SSARS 21 and the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Bill.com announced the hiring of Bob Lewis as senior director of channels and alliances.

If you’ve worked in the tax and accounting profession long enough, you know that strong client relationships are the foundation of a successful practice.

The Internal Revenue Service is appealing a court decision that it lost last year to a chip maker in a case involving stock-based compensation.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that an investigation into last year’s data breach in the online Get Transcript application revealed it affected hundreds of thousands more taxpayers than originally believed.

Prior to the recession, young leader training and formal mentoring programs to support recruitment and retention were all the rage. Well, mentoring is more critical than ever, but for different reasons and in slightly different forms. BKR International members cite five benefits of mentoring and why it’s important to your firm and the profession to do it consistently.

Small business lender Bond Street has rolled out an Accounting Professional Partner Program to help accountants arrange financing for their small business clients, offering discounts and referral fees.

Intuit reported 23 percent growth in the second quarter of 2016, with TurboTax Online units growing 12 percent through Feb. 20, outpacing both the company’s guidance and the e-filing season to-date.

The National Association of Enrolled Agents has challenged a proposed ninefold increase to the fee charged by the Internal Revenue Service for the Special Enrollment Exam.