Practice Management

MiddletonRaines+Zapata LLP has merged with Cindi Johnson, PC.

The Republican National Committee plans to hold a vote Friday on a resolution calling for the repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Employers remain in a holding pattern through 2014 regarding a provision of the Affordable Care Act that the Internal Revenue Service is not yet enforcing.

The IRS Return Preparer Office has updated total numbers of federal return preparers who hold PTINs.

Many of my stories occurred many years ago—some are from a half century ago—so the question is, are they still relevant and why am I telling them now?

Accounting and business management firm RBZ LLP has merged in Kaufman + Bernstein, building its business management practice in Los Angeles, particularly for entertainment industry clients.

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

A coalition of a half dozen business organizations, including the American Institute of CPAs, have banded together to express their opposition to a proposal from the Senate Finance Committee to require businesses to use the accrual method of accounting for tax purposes.

The fact remains that when CPAs and accountants hear the word “sales,” they tend to run away as fast as possible yet when providers and vendors to the profession hear the same word, they see opportunities to meet their monthly or quarterly quotas.

Refundo, a provider of low-cost tax-related bank products, has inked a deal with “socially responsible” San Francisco-based lender LendUp to couple short-term loans with Refundo's refund-processing platform for tax professionals.