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Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

A different designation would go a long way in helping CPAs preserve and promote our services.

Whether you’re a managing partner or an entry-level staffer, having a clear idea of what’s expected of you is critical.

Tax provisions in the new transportation funding act

The Affordable Care Act will continue to provide new surprises for tax preparers and taxpayers for the foreseeable future.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s first 2016 webinar will cover the latest findings in the board’s interim inspection program for auditors of brokers and dealers.

The IRS Return Preparer Office announced that it will mail practitioners a number of letters on Tuesday, Dec. 29.

GASB has issued guidance on how certain state and local government external investment pools and participants in external investment pools may measure and report their investments.

Cincinnati-based Barnes Dennig has expanded its tri-state footprint by combining with Indianapolis-based Gauthier & Kimmerling, effective Jan. 1, 2016.

Elevating your clients’ experience during tax season

For nearly 15 years, I’ve consulted with family-owned businesses and helped them navigate the many complexities they face.

Once, servicing “tax tools” meant math and a pencil sharpener – but these days it means a huge amount of technology that you may use fluently, but not necessarily understand. How can you truly trust it?

It’s the time of year when investors examine their portfolio and seek to harvest built-in tax losses. But short sellers who wish to harvest their losses should keep a close eye on the calendar.

You’re probably as sick of backup stories as I am, but I decided to write about backup one more time.

Many individuals in the United States have IRA accounts. These retirement accounts may be substantial and are often the target of financial planners who are interested in handling and managing the IRA assets, for a fee, of course. This is big business for financial planners.

Payroll giant Paychex Inc. announced that it grew its total revenue 7 percent in the second quarter of its fiscal 2016, to $722.4 million.

(Bloomberg) It’s too early to tell whether Star Wars: The Force Awakens will become the biggest grossing film of all time, but the really interesting question is whether the movie will ever go into profit.

Local firms Mellott & Mellott and Thomas Heldman CPA and Associates announced that they will be merging effective Jan. 1, 2016.