The Latest

The Senate Finance Committee held hearings Tuesday to consider the Tax Code’s effect on job creation and economic growth.

Certiport has introduced a new Intuit QuickBooks Certified User certification program, designed by Real World Training.

The Internal Revenue Service has released information in eight foreign languages about its 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative for taxpayers with undisclosed offshore accounts.

The Center for Accounting Education at the Howard University School of Business released a report about the long struggle to promote and retain African Americans in the accounting profession.

Corporate management and boards of directors should be prepared for questions from shareholders about turmoil in the Middle East, rising energy costs and new rules in the Dodd-Frank Act during their companies’ annual general meetings this year, according to BDO USA LLP.

IMGCAP(2)]Christopher Handrick, CPA, and John Prophet, CPA, have been elected to serve three-year terms on the board of directors of Schenck SC, a Top 100 Firm based in Wisconsin. Both Handrick and Prophet are shareholders with the firm.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to strengthen its controls over its investigative equipment to prevent waste and loss, according to a new government report.

Movie director Martin Scorsese and actor Al Pacino have separately been hit by the Internal Revenue Service with tax liens.

High school students are logging online to take the National Financial Capability Challenge and prove their knowledge of saving, budgeting and investing.

The idea of a CPA or accounting firm conducting regular bookkeeping or chief financial officer-type duties for their clients isn’t entirely a new concept.