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BlumShapiro has chosen Joseph Kask as the Connecticut-based accounting firm’s next managing partner, effective Jan. 1, 2016.

As purchasing becomes a more mobile activity, online payment providers are tailoring their apps to service smartphone users.

The Internal Revenue Service faced challenges last tax season from the late enactment of dozens of tax provisions that were set to expire, along with fraudulent refund claims, declining levels of telephone assistance and other issues, according to a new government report.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White is facing pressure to recuse herself from picking the next head of the regulator that polices accountants because of a potential conflict with her husband’s legal work.

H&R Block’s Tax Institute runs three taxpayer scenarios

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

A roundup of new hires, promotions, awards and other personnel-related news from accounting firms around the country.

A roundup of recent mergers, service launches, survey releases and other news from accounting firms across the country.

As the Baby Boomer generation ages and faces the prospect of needing to hire caregivers, accountants are increasingly being called upon to help families sort out the tax issues associated with hired domestic help.

How proactive accounting can help deter activist campaigns

Ken Crutchfield of Bloomberg BNA describes how accountants can leverage and analyze large databases to make decisions and identify opportunities for their organizations, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Coca-Cola Co. received notice from the Internal Revenue Service that it owes about $3.3 billion in extra taxes, plus interest, becoming the latest global company to clash with the agency over profits booked in foreign countries.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice extending the time under which certain transitional rules for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, will apply.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice and revenue procedure indicating it is studying issues related to the spinoff of real estate assets for tax reasons.

The Institute of Management Accountants has published a new Statement on Management Accounting on Implementing an Effective Risk Appetite to help businesses identify their key risk exposures.

A new bipartisan effort to cancel Obamacare’s so-called Cadillac tax, the 40 percent levy on high-cost health insurance plans, adds a wrinkle to an impending fight in Congress.

Global payments management provider Tipalti has integrated an intelligent Form W-8 collection solution into its SaaS-based platform.

In its hunt for tax cheats, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is headed to Belize.

Last week, the Alabama Department of Revenue challenged the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, which established a physical presence test for sales tax nexus.