Practice Management

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

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

The Internal Revenue Service has undercut the effectiveness of its electronic filing mandate because of the legal interpretation of the word “file,” according to a new government report.

Most corporate tax exemptions, contrary to political rhetoric, are generally available to all businesses, not just to particular “special interests,” according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.

President Obama credited the tax cut extension deal he forged with Congress for helping to turn around the unemployment problem.

The accounting profession’s drive for a more predictable and user friendly Federal Tax Code seems to be gaining traction with at least one segment of Congress: the freshly-elected corps of Tea Party activists and their conservative allies in the House and Senate.

We used to employ an editor at our company who no matter how frequently he screwed up - and believe me it was frequent - he nevertheless considered himself blameless.

Gene Barinholtz of Barinholtz & Horwitz has merged his team and their practice into the CPA firm Kutchins, Robbins & Diamond, Ltd.

The Internal Revenue Service has released the latest version of its discussion and rebuttal of many of the more common frivolous arguments made by individuals and groups that oppose compliance with federal tax laws.