Practice Management

A former Internal Revenue Service employee received a prison sentence for leading a conspiracy to steal taxpayers’ identifying information in order to receive fraudulent tax refunds.

Accounting firms Elliott Davis and Decosimo said Wednesday they plan to merge at the beginning of the year to create one of the largest regional firms in the U.S.

The Internal Revenue Service issued two items of guidance Wednesday in response to the need for charitable and other relief due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The National Conference of CPA Practitioners is warning that the complexities of the Affordable Care Act may negatively affect millions of taxpayers in the upcoming tax season.

An astute observer of human nature once stated, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

The Internal Revenue Service is not providing personal identity numbers to all taxpayers who are the victims of tax-related identity theft, according to a new government report.

KPMG LLP has created a new group within the firm known as KPMG Strategy to help business clients execute enterprise-wide transformation strategies.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service by the American Institute of CPAs over its new program offering voluntary education and testing of non-CPA tax preparers.

New York and New Jersey have the worst tax environments for businesses, according to a new index, while Wyoming and South Dakota have the best.

Intuit has enhanced its program for tax professionals, adding new benefits and opening it to enrolled agents.