Practice Management

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Booz & Co. have signed a conditional agreement to merge, increasing the Big Four firm's presence in the consulting business.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. was cited by the Internal Revenue Service for Bank Secrecy Act violations, according to a letter from U.S. investigators notifying the company of a money-laundering probe.

At this point, most companies and even accounting firms have a profile on some sort of review site like Yelp, CitySearch or Google Local.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released a document containing proposed guidance for foreign financial institutions as the next step in implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act in an effort to combat offshore tax evasion.

This month, software vendor partner veteran Terry Petrzelka looks at where smaller consulting firms fit into a rapidly changing publisher/partner world, where their future lays, as well as how firms of all sizes may better use social media.

Accounting firm technology “pioneers” can generate higher profits and revenue, according to a new study by CCH.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to improve the system it uses to assess the quality of the correspondence audits it conducts with taxpayers as the IRS’s own quality review system failed to detect errors in more than half of the IRS’s penalty determinations, according to a new report.

Weaknesses in the controls over asset management at the Internal Revenue Service leave the IRS’s information technology assets vulnerable to loss, according to a new government report.

A home office is the work reality for many CPA consultants and tax preparers. It beckons with the promise of an easy commute, and the comfort of working in your pajamas. It provides the flexibility of working when you want to. It can also save thousands of dollars that would otherwise be spent on rent. What’s not to love?

Averett Warmus Durkee has acquired the Altamonte Springs office from Top 100 firm Cohen & Co.