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Accounting and consulting firm Moss Adams LLP has released its annual Year-End Tax Planning Guide outlining some of the key tax issues and potential pitfalls for next year.

Publicly traded companies in the U.S. recorded the lowest level of goodwill impairment since 2008, according to a new study.

In the first article in this series, we explained the concepts behind the American Institute of CPAs’ release of its guidelines called Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium-Sized Entities (or FRF for SMEs).

AccountMate announced a new partnership with Avalara to integrate the cloud-based sales and transactional tax solutions provider’s SaaS sales tax management into its own application.

While the Internal Revenue Service has taken a number of actions to implement requirements of the Plain Writing Act, more needs to be done to ensure that letters and notices are understandable to taxpayers, according to a new government report.

Thomson Reuters said Tuesday it has been awarded a new multi-year contract from the Internal Revenue Service to provide research resources for the agency.

The United Kingdom-based Institute of Financial Accountants is joining together with Australia’s Institute of Public Accountants to form one of the largest professional accounting organizations in the world dedicated to small and midsize firms.

Raoul Weil, once the head of UBS AG’s global wealth management business, faces a criminal trial that may turn on the credibility of a former subordinate who says he and Weil helped Americans evade taxes.

As year-end planning season is upon us, savvy professionals might think about getting together with their financial teams to consider both their 2015 outlooks and last year's changes in tax law to ensure matters are in shipshape.

You’re having a perfectly fine time at a party, reception, barbecue, ballgame, meal or any other gathering, when out of nowhere you’re bombed by a taxpayer with that most loaded question: “Mind if I ask you something?”

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners is warning about the costs to organizations of being overly complacent about financial fraud.

Baby boomers have been driving and are expected to continue to drive an increase in the sale of businesses in the next decade, given their influential ownership of private companies.

For publicly traded companies, the audit process is among the more arduous and mundane of all corporate responsibilities.

One of my partners once was asked to recommend an accountant who could do corporate tax returns for a very large company.

Your first tool to secure business – and your first shield of protection if that business goes sour – depends on essential ingredients, according to preparers speaking about good engagement letters.

Some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The TIGTA recently released the review of an audit it conducted on the Collections Due Process Program.

The IRS's field workload selection process is not designed to ensure cases with the highest collection potential are worked, according to a new report.

A roundup of accounting firm mergers and acquisitions …

New hires, promotions and more…