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Despite a provision enacted by Congress prohibiting the Internal Revenue Service from labeling taxpayers as "illegal tax protesters" or similar designations, the IRS is still using the term, according to a new report.

Payroll processor ADP has launched an online portal aimed at accountants who service small businesses, giving them free access to some information from BNA and CCH.

A former employee at Arnett & Foster has sued the firm, saying the accounting firm discriminated against her and terminated her employment because she was dating a black man.

In one of the larger unions between CPA firms in recent years, Amper Politziner & Mattia has merged with Goldenberg Rosenthal, creating a formidable presence in the Northeast with a combined entity that includes 84 partners, 600 employees and annual revenues of roughly $113 million.The merger becomes effective July 1. Terms were not disclosed. Once completed, the consolidated firm will do business under the brand of Amper Politziner Mattia.

IRS WORKING ON TAX GAP

In 1976 I cast my first vote in a presidential election — choosing incumbent Gerald Ford over the peanut farmer from Plains, Ga. Back then, I knew or cared little about taxes and tax policies, as the meager income I accrued during my college years required little more than the short form. If the IRS had had something on the order of a “very short form,” I probably could have used that.But I’ve learned one or two things since then, and one of them is to be a bit skeptical about tax policy pronouncements uttered during the frenzy of an election year.

“I’m talking about your father! There were promises made across this desk! You mustn’t tell me you’ve got people to see — I put 34 years into this firm, Howard, and now I can’t pay my insurance! You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away — a man is not a piece of fruit.”— Willy Loman, in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

When the Institute of Management Accountants received the resignation of president and chief executive officer Paul Sharman last month, it didn’t take long to find a replacement.Within hours, the institute’s board of directors tapped Jeffrey C. Thomson as his successor

Despite the constitutional, judicial and legislative pronouncements affecting nexus, states vary widely on what level of activity renders a business liable to pay state tax.“There are plenty of gray areas, and on some issues a state will say it depends on the facts and circumstances,” said George Farrah, executive editor of state tax and accounting for BNA.

IRS ENFORCEMENT PAID OFF LAST YEARWashington, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service stepped up its compliance activities last year and saw its revenues jump, according to a new report.