Jamie Fowler, a Grant Thornton LLP tax partner, has been named the firm's new national managing partner for its National Tax Process Group. The group, which supports the more than 1,000 tax practice professionals in the firm, encompasses not only process improvements, but also internal tool development, deployment, training and support; external tool and third-party research selection, deployment, training and support; vendor and contract management; project management; and knowledge management. Fowler has over 22 years of experience leading major large-scale international and domestic restructuring projects for companies nationwide, bringing to bear international, federal, and state and local resources. Prior to joining Grant Thornton's Dallas office as tax practice leader in 2004, she was a federal tax partner at KPMG in Dallas.
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Accrual announced the release of its agentic platform Arc, which allows agents to complete complex multistep workflows.
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The Internal Revenue Service doesn't adequately track its use of bridge contracts, a type of noncompetitive contract, even though it's spending billions on information technology through such contracts.
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While AI oversight is growing, readiness among the committee members is still in the process of development, according to a new survey by the CAQ and Deloitte.
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The Internal Revenue Service attracted nearly 13,000 attendees to its Nationwide Tax Forums, which wrapped up last week in San Diego.
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The private equity-backed Top 50 Firm launched a legal services practice called Sorren Law that will serve clients in Nevada, Idaho and Texas.
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Filed and Crimson Tree have joined forced to launch the Open Tax Technology Alliance, which promotes open source software in the accounting space. The group has also released a free tax engine and open data standard.
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