Practice Management

The Internal Revenue Service has given taxpayers an extra 90 days to provide a voluntary disclosure of their offshore bank accounts if they have made a “good faith” attempt to gather the necessary materials.

The Internal Revenue Service has invited the public to comment on its plans to begin administering competency examinations for registered tax return preparers.

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Accounting firm Councilor Buchanan & Mitchell has launched a new brand this month in conjunction with the firm’s 90th anniversary.

Meyers Norris Penny, one of Canada’s largest chartered accounting and business consulting firms, has changed its name to its often referred to acronym of MNP and unveiled a new accompanying logo.

Even though the Internal Revenue Service hired 1,515 new revenue officers between June 2009 and February 2010, the agency still faces challenges keeping pace with attrition and an increasing workload.

Accounting Transition Advisors, a consulting firm that provides succession, transition, and merger and acquisition services to accounting firms, has partnered with a trio of Canadians to expand its services across the border.

The former owner of a popular tax law practice that was shut down under pressure from the California Attorney General has been hit with a $183,000 tax lien by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice seeking out businesses that have the necessary expertise to provide a registration and tracking system for providers of continuing education courses for tax return preparers, but the deadline for applying is Monday.

Thomson Reuters has agreed to acquire Manatron, a provider of property tax automation and land registry global software for governments and municipalities and fold it into its Tax & Accounting unit.