Practice Management

A federal court has denied for a second time H&R Block’s attempt to prevent Intuit from airing two TV commercials for TurboTax that poke fun at part-time tax preparers who work for retail tax chains like Block.

The IRS recently made it clear that even if taxpayers engage a third party to perform a cost segregation analysis, they cannot avoid penalties for aggressive positions taken in the cost segregation report.

The former manager of an H&R Block outlet pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he used the identities of his former tax prep clients to file false tax returns seeking fraudulent tax refunds.

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax practitioners that they cannot electronically file Form 8839, Qualified Adoption Expenses, this year, but instead must mail the forms to the IRS.

DiBenedetto & Company PA combines its practice with the Hampstead, N.H.-based Olbricht Storniolo Group LLC, CPA’s and Business Advisors.

A law firm representing a trio of independent tax preparers has filed a strongly worded response to the Internal Revenue Service’s motion for a stay on a judge’s ruling that invalidated the IRS’s testing and continuing education requirements for tax preparers.

The IRS has released a new notice with guidance on the American Taxpayer Relief Act, and gives employers extra time to file a form to qualify for the Work Opportunity Credit.

The number of tax-delinquent federal workers and retirees increased by 11.5 percent in 2011, according to Internal Revenue Service data.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility has obtained the disbarment of enrolled agent Lorna M. Walker for stealing a client's tax payments and preparing tax returns with false deductions for multiple clients.

The Internal Revenue Service has notified tax attorneys around the country that their clients have been disqualified from participation in the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, even after they had initially been accepted in the program.