Practice Management

Master limited partnerships, tax-exempt companies that pay investors most of their income at the cost of added risk, are spreading in the shipping industry.

The AICPA recently produced an infographic showing how accountants are viewed by business decision makers.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that more than 1 million tax payments have been processed so far this year through its new IRS Direct Pay system.

The Obama administration can make tax inversions less economically attractive to U.S. corporations and deter companies from changing their addresses, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said.

The owner of a Michigan human resource management firm was charged with filing false tax returns on behalf of his business clients.

The House has passed legislation that would toughen the penalties for criminals who engage in identity theft through stolen tax returns.

A pair of CPAs have filed a class-action complaint against the Internal Revenue Service challenging IRS regulations requiring tax practitioners to annually register and pay a fee to the agency to obtain and maintain a Preparer Tax Identification Number.

A singer known as Remy has written a tongue-in-cheek love song revolving around the Internal Revenue Service’s recent scandals involving its loss of emails from Lois Lerner, the former director of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations unit.

It is a constant battle: CPA vs. marketer, CPAs vs. development of a “sphere of influence,” CPAs vs. the “30-second elevator pitch,” CPAs vs. networking events. And the ultimate three-way battle of CPA vs. billable hour vs. business development.