Practice Management

DRAKE BUYS COPANION

The Senate Finance Committee asked a series of corporate executives about whether they could accept the loss of some corporate tax breaks in exchange for lower overall business tax rates.

As companies' tax reporting responsibilities have become more complicated and voluminous, vendors have developed tax software applications to address much more than just the annual income tax return.

IMGCAP(1)][IMGCAP(2)]In the last month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped by more than 10 percent, and that significant change has investors and market participants on edge, concerned with what stock market volatility will do next and what repercussions it will have on the economy more generally.

Registered investment advisory-focused consulting firm RIA In A Box has introduced a bookkeeping service.

The American Institute of CPAs has asked the Internal Revenue Service to extend the Sept. 15 filing deadline for business tax returns for taxpayers and preparers in areas affected by Hurricane Irene.

The Internal Revenue Service ramped up its use of liens, levies and seizures last year in an effort to close the tax gap, pressuring taxpayers trying to cope with the economic downturn.

The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a special $5 fee charged to patrons of strip clubs in the Lone Star State, overturning lower court decisions.

MNP, one of Canada’s largest Chartered Accounting firms, will merge in Montreal-based William Epstein, Chartered Accountants, effective October 1.