Practice Management

Moss Adams, the 11th largest accounting and consulting firm in the U.S., has refreshed its brand with new colors, a new tagline, and a redesigned Web site with a new look and feel.

IRS employees continue to refer to some people who refuse to pay taxes to the federal government as “illegal tax protesters,” despite a 1998 law prohibiting use of the term.

Three Democratic senators have introduced a bill that would end tax subsidies for the five largest oil companies.

Friedman LLP said Tuesday that the former partners of Tracey Heun Brennan & Company of Linwood and Toms River, N.J. have joined its practice, effective May 1, adding four practice leaders and two new office locations to the firm.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has proposed a $2 million fine against Republic Bank & Trust Co. after the bank tried to coach tax preparers using its refund anticipation loan products on how to respond in case the FDIC visited them.

An interactive, Web-based tool is helping Internal Revenue Service employees to provide customer-specific tax law responses efficiently and accurately, according to a new government report.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has joined the Cloud Security Alliance as a corporate member.

A majority of multinational company tax executives predict that a broadened international regulatory focus on increased transparency will be the most significant change their company can expect in international taxation over the next year, according to a survey by KPMG LLP.

Equation Technologies has acquired the Sage practice of Balgord Software Solutions, a provider of business application software for small to midsized companies and nonprofit organizations with a focus on Sage ERP Accpac, Sage CRM, and Sage Fundraising solutions.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to the Internal Revenue Service asking the IRS to let small businesses electronically file the form used to elect S Corporation status.