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Accountants need to make sure they are keeping their clients' files safe, especially during tax season when the threat of identity theft only seems to be getting more prevalent every year.

I reached a stage in my career when I thought it was important to write articles. I wrote quite a few and sent them to editors, only to have them rejected. The nice ones wrote back a rejection. The not so nice never bothered to respond at all.

A pair of senators, Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing companies from deducting the penalties that have been agreed to in settlements with the government from their taxes.

A new report from a British Parliamentary committee attributes a tax avoidance scheme in Luxembourg to PricewaterhouseCoopers and says other large accounting firms have played a role in similar maneuvers.

Smaller percentages of American taxpayers plan to spend their tax refunds on savings, investment or debt reduction than in years past, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service released IRS2Go 5.0, an update to the official IRS app.

E2b teknologies released a new version of its debt collection software Anytime Collect, with new features to help companies manage business credit with email-based alerts and statistical cash forecasts.

Intuit announced that TurboTax resumed e-filing of state income tax returns Sunday afternoon after the company paused transmissions Friday due to suspicious filings and attempts to file fraudulent state tax returns and claim refunds.

Cathy Engelbert has been elected as the first female chief executive officer at the Top Four Firm.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Senate to quickly approve several income tax treaties with other countries that have been awaiting ratification for years.

On Monday, the AICPA announced that Cathy Engelbert will serve as the new CEO of Deloitte, effective March 11, replacing interim chief executive officer Frank Friedman.

The private-banking unit of HSBC Holdings Plc made significant profits for years handling secret accounts for an array of criminals, from drug cartels and arms dealers to tax evaders and fugitive diamond merchants, according to a report released Sunday by an international news organization.

The IRS’s annual pick of the worst of the worst

At least somebody’s going to have a good tax season: Van Nuys, Calif., preparer Gene Taylor has won $1 million in his state lottery, according to published reports.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

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Financial Executives International has sent a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board taking issue with FASB’s recent proposed changes in the accounting standards for income taxes.

U.S. Wealth Management CEO John Napolitano describes how CPAs can build a lucrative practice in personal financial planning, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

The Internal Revenue Service reported Friday that tax season is off to a strong start this year, with the tax-filing volume running ahead of last year so far.

Picture this scene in households across the country: the daily fat stack of mail arrives. Among the magazine subscriptions and car insurance junk mail is an odd-sized, but strangely familiar envelope. The W2 has landed—the annual scorecard of the year that was.