Practice Management

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Here is a one-question multiple choice quiz for all return preparers.

The Internal Revenue Service plans to send expiration letters next week to tax practitioners who have not renewed their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers for 2014.

CJBS LLC, an accounting and financial consulting firm in Northbrook, Ill., has completed a merger with the accounting and tax services business of Kenneth S. Finkle, also based in Northbrook.

A Southern California real estate agent who promoted a popular tax fraud scheme has been convicted of filing false claims.

The Internal Revenue Service has modified the procedures for obtaining its automatic consent to make certain changes in the methods of accounting for amounts paid to acquire, produce or improve tangible property.

The Internal Revenue Service recently drafted Affordable Care Act regulations that offer some insight into what will be the associated monetary penalties for individuals who do not take up health care coverage.

While many taxpayers look forward to filing season as the time they can get “free money” in the form of their tax refund, those with more complex returns are focused as well on avoiding situations that might lead to an audit.

Smith, Goolsby, Artis & Reams and Kelley, Galloway & Co. have agreed to merge. The deal is expected to close on July 1, 2014.

WithumSmith+Brown has merged in another Hutchins, Meyer & DiLieto, PA, building WS+B’s presence in Toms River, N.J.